Young (Korean name)

Young
Hangul	영
Hanja	Family name 永, 榮, 影 Given name Various
Revised Romanization	Yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏng

Young, also romanised Yeong or Yŏng, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable unisex Korean given name, and as a common element in two-syllable given names. It has different meanings depending on which hanja is used to write it.

Family name

As a Korean family name, Young can be written with three different hanja, indicating different lineages. According to the 2000 South Korean Census, a total of 259 people had these family names.^[1]

• 永 (길 영 gil yeong, meaning "eternal"): 132 people and 40 households. Reported bon-gwan (clan hometowns) included Gangnyeong, Gyeongju, and Pyeonghae.^[1] This family name was known in historical records, but had not been believed to have survived into the modern era until a 1930 survey by the Japanese colonial administration found one family with this name living in Seoul.^[2]
• 榮 (영화 영 yeonghwa yeong, meaning "flourishing"): 86 people and 20 households. There was one reported bon-gwan, Yeongcheon, and two people whose bon-gwan was not recorded.^[1] This character is also used to write a Chinese family name pronounced Róng.
• 影 (그림자 영 geurimja yeong, meaning "shadow" or "reflection"): 41 people and 15 households. There was one reported bon-gwan, Seoncheon, and one person whose bon-gwan was not recorded.^[1] Seoncheon is located it what is now North Korean territory; one person with this family name who had come from North Korea and was living in Seoul stated that there had previously been many more people with that family name living near Seoncheon.^[3]

Given name

Hanja and meaning

There are 34 hanja with this reading, and variant forms of three of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in personal names; they are:^[4][5]

1. 永 (길 영 gil yeong): "eternal"
2. 英 (꽃부리 영 ggotburi yeong): "flower petals"
   • (뛰어날 영 ddwieonal yeong): "heroic"
3. 迎 (맞을 영 majeul yeong): "welcome"
4. 榮 (영화 영 yeonghwa yeong): "flourishing"
   • 栄荣 (variants)
5. 泳 (헤엄칠 영 heeomchil yeong): "swim"
6. 詠 (읊을 영 eulpeul yeong): "recite poetry"
7. 營 (경영할 영 gyeong-yeonghal yeong): "manage"
8. 影 (그림자 영 geurimja yeong): "shadow", "reflection"
9. 映 (비칠 영 bichil yeong): "shine"
   • (희미할 앙 huimihal yeong): "indistinct"
   • 暎 (variant)
10. 渶 (물 맑을 영 mul malgeul yeong): "clear water"
11. 煐 (빛날 영 bitnal yeong): "shine"
12. 瑛 (옥빛 영 okbit yeong): "shining jade"
13. 瑩 (밝을 영 balgeul yeong): "lustrous"
14. 瀯 (물 졸졸 흐를 영 mul joljol heureul yeong): "bubbling"
    • 濚 (variant)
15. 盈 (찰 영 chal yeong): "full"
16. 楹 (기둥 영 gidung yeong): "pillar"
17. 鍈 (방울 소리 영 bang-ul sori yeong): "bell sound"
18. 嬰 (어린아이 영 orinai yeong): "baby"
19. 穎 (이삭 영 isak yeong): "grain"
20. 瓔 (옥돌 영 okdol yeong): "gemstone'
21. 咏 (읊을 영 eulpeul yeong): "recite poetry"
22. 塋 (무덤 영 mudeom yeong): "tomb"
23. 嶸 (가파를 영 gapareul yeong): "steep"
24. 潁 (강 이름 영 gang ireum yeong): Ying River in Anhui, China
25. 瀛 (바다 영 bada yeong): "sea"
26. 纓 (갓끈 영 gatggeun yeong): "chinstrap"
27. 霙 (진눈깨비 영 jinnunggaebi yeong): "sleet"
28. 嬴 (찰 영 chal yeong): "win"
29. 𢥏 (⿰忄營): "protect"
30. 蠑 (영원 영 yeong-won yeong): a species of Asiatic salamander
31. 映 (달빛 영 dalbit yeong): "moonlight"
32. 浧 (거침없이 흐를 영 geochimeopsi heureul yeong): "flow smoothly"
33. 嬴 (똑바로 볼 영 ddokbaro bol yeong): "look ahead"
34. 栐 (나무 이름 영 namu ireum yeong): a species of tree

People

Koreans with the single-syllable given name Young include:

• Choe Yeong (1316–1388), Goryeo dynasty male general
• Song Yeong (born 1950), South Korean male writer
• Kim Young (born 1980), South Korean female professional golfer
• Seo Young (born 1984), South Korean actress
• You Young (born 2004), South Korean female figure skater

As name element

Names containing this element were popular for newborn boys in South Korea from the 1940s through the late 1960s.^[6] Korean names which begin with this element include:

• Young-ae
• Young-chul
• Young-gi
• Young-geun
• Young-ha
• Young-hee
• Young-ho
• Young-hoon
• Young-hwan
• Young-ja
• Young-jae
• Young-jin
• Young-joo
• Young-jun
• Young-mi
• Young-min
• Young-nam
• Yeong-ok
• Young-sik
• Young-soo
• Young-sook
• Young-tae

Korean names which end with this element include:

• Bo-young
• Chae-young
• Eun-young
• Ga-young
• Hye-young
• In-young
• Ji-young
• Jin-young
• Jun-young
• Mi-young
• Min-young
• Mu-young
• Na-young
• Se-young
• Shin-young
• So-young
• Soo-young
• Sun-young
• Tae-young

See also

• List of Korean given names

References

1. "행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
2. "성씨유래검색: 영(永)". Daejeon: Jokbo Museum. Retrieved 27 October 2015. The Jokbo Museum cites the following work for their pages on family names: 김진우 (2009). 한국인 의 역사 [The History of Koreans]. 春秋筆法 [Chunchu Pilbeop]. OCLC 502157619.
3. "성씨유래검색: 영(影)". Daejeon: Jokbo Museum. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
4. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 30. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
5. 유니코드 한자사전. National Library of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
6. 이진희 [Yi Jin-hui] (28 January 2009). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야" [You're also Min-jun ... Oh! Another Seo-yeon?]. Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 27 October 2015.