Seung (Korean name)
| Seung | |
| Hangul | 승 |
|---|---|
| Hanja |
乘: "ascend" |
| Revised Romanization | Seung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŭng |
Seung is the Revised Romanisation spelling of an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used.
As a surname
The 2000 South Korean census found 3,304 people with the surname Seung. There are two hanja which may be used to write the surname Seung: one meaning "inherit" (承), and the other meaning "ascend" (昇). For the former, there are two bon-gwan, Yeonil and Gwangsan. For the latter, there are also two bon-gwan, Changpyeong and Namwon.[1]
Korean people with the surname Seung include:
- T. K. Seung (born 1930), Korean American philosopher and literary critic
- Sebastian Seung, Korean American physicist and neuroscientist
In given names
There are 15 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; the most common ones are listed in the table above.[2] One name beginning with this syllable, Seung-hyun, was the 10th-most common name for newborn boys in South Korea in 1990.[3] Names which begin with this syllable:
Names which end with this syllable:
People with the single-syllable given name Seung include:
- Seong Seung (d. 1456), Joseon Dynasty soldier
- Park Seung (born 1936), South Korean banker
- Suh Sung (born 1945), Zainichi Korean who was held as a political prisoner in South Korea for 19 years
See also
References
- ↑ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean surnames]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 25. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.