Kim is a surname with multiple origins.
Kim, sometimes spelt Gim, is the most common family name in Korea.
People with the surname Kim, but unrelated to the Korean root above, include:
Fictional characters with the surname Kim, whether or not any indication is given of ethnic origins, include:
A Korean name consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ireum or seongmyeong usually refers to the family name (seong) and given name together.
Kai may refer to:
Jin is the Hanyu pinyin transliteration of a number of Chinese surnames. The most common one, Jīn 金, literally means "gold" and is 29th in the list of "Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2006, it is ranked the 64th most common Chinese surname.
Seok, also spelled Suk, is a rare Korean family name held by about 56,500 South Koreans, as well as an element in some Korean given names.
Hayes is an English language surname. In the United States Census, 1990, Hayes was the 100th most common surname recorded. The oldest record of the surname dates to 1197 in the Eynsham Cartulary of Oxfordshire, where it appears in the form Heise. There are nineteen coats of arms assumed by or granted to individuals with this or a similar surname. Though primarily a surname, "Hayes" sometimes appears as a given name in census records.
Bae, also spelled Bai or Pae, is a Korean family name. The South Korean census of 2015 found 400,641 people by this surname, or less than 1% of the population. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 96.8% of people with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Bae. Rarer alternative spellings included Bai, Pae, and Bea.
Baek, also often spelled Paek, Baik, Paik is a Korean family name. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.
Jeon (전), also often spelled Jun, Chun or Chon, is a common Korean family name. As of the South Korean census of 2000, there were 687,867 people with this name in South Korea. It can be written with three different hanja, each with different meanings and indicating different lineages.
Kaneshiro is a Japanese surname meaning "golden castle". The kanji used to write this surname may also be read Kinjō in on'yomi or Kanagusuku in the Okinawan language pronunciation. The former reading often indicates Okinawan origin, and the latter reading always does. Okinawans in mainland Japan with those two surnames sometimes change its reading to Kaneshiro without changing the characters. The surnames Kaneshiro and Kinjo are also found in the pass names of Koreans in Japan, formed by adding a second character to the common Korean surname Kim and then pronouncing the new name using Japanese rather than Korean reading.
Addams is a patronymic surname of English origin from the given name Adam. There are other spellings. Notable people with the surname include:
Kimberly is a male and female given name of Old English origin. John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, a place in Norfolk, England, popularised the name by giving it to a town in South Africa and a region in Australia. The first element, Kimber, reflects various Old English personal names; in the case of the Earldom in Norfolk this first appeared as Chineburlai in 1086 and seems to mean "clearing of a woman called Cyneburg ". The second element is the Old English leah or leigh "meadow, clearing in a woodland".
Venkataraghavan is a surname of Indian origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Jung-woo is a Korean unisex given name.
Seung-hee, also spelled Seung-hui, Seung-hi, or Sung-hi, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 25 hanja with the reading "hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Sun-hwa or Seon-hwa, also spelled Son-hwa in North Korea, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "sun" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Sun-woo, also spelled Seon-u, Sŏn-u, or Seon-woo, is a Korean surname and unisex given name. It may also be written without the hyphen after the 'n', particularly when used as a surname.
Hyun-soo, also spelled Hyun-su, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Legaspi is a surname, a variant of Spanish Legazpí. Notable people with the surname include:
Gan is a surname. It may be a Latin-alphabet spelling of four different Chinese surnames, a Korean surname, and a surname in other cultures.
Si-eun, also spelled Shi-eun, or See-un, Shee-un, Si-un, Shi-un, Si-en, Shi-en, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "shi" and 30 hanja with the reading "eun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.