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- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ O'Neill, P.G. (2014). Collected Writings of P.G. O'Neill. Routledge. p. 318.
- ↑ "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연". Korea Economic Daily . 2007-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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