Min (Korean given name)

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  1. 民 ( 백성 민;baekseong min): "the people"
  2. 敏 (민첩할 민;mincheophal min): "agile"
  3. 憫 (민망할 민;minmanghal min): "pity"
  4. 玟 ( 아름다운 돌 민;areumdaun dol min): "beautiful gemstone"
  5. 旻 ( 하늘 민;haneul min): "heaven"
  6. 旼 (화할 민;hwahal min): "gentle"
  7. 閔 ( 성씨 민;seongssi min): the surname Min
  8. 珉 (옥돌 민;okdol min): "jade"
  9. 岷 (산이름 민;san-ireum min): the name of a mountain
  10. 忞 ( 힘쓸 민;himsseul min): "to exert"
    • 忟: variant form
  11. 慜 ( 총명할 민;chongmyeonghal min): "intelligence"
  12. 敃 (강인할 민;gang-inhal min): "tough"
  13. 愍 (근심할 민;geumsimhal min): "concerned"
  14. 潣 (물 졸졸 흘러 내릴 민;mul joljol heulleo naeril min): "trickling water"
  15. 暋 (굳셀 민;gutsel min): "robustness"
  16. 䪸 ( 강할 민;ganghal min): "strong"
  17. 泯 ( 망할 민;manghal min): "to perish"
  18. 悶 ( 답답할 민;dapdaphal min): "stifling"
  19. 緡 ( 낚싯줄 민;naksitjul min): "fishing line"
  20. 𩔉 (⿰ 昬 頁, a variant form of 䫒) [2]
  21. 鈱 (돈꿰미 민;donkkwemi min): "coin string"
  22. 脗 ( 물결 가없는 모양 민;mulgyeol ga-eomneun moyang min)
  23. 閩 ( 종족 이름 민;jongjok ireum min): name of a tribe
  24. 盿 (볼 민;bol min): "sight"
  25. 罠 ( 그물 민;geumul min): "net"
  26. 琝 (옥돌 민);okdol min): "jade"
  27. 琘 (옥돌 민);okdol min): "jade"

People

People with the single-syllable given name Min include:

As name element

Many names containing the syllable Min have been popular for newborn children in South Korea in recent decades:

Min

Other given names with this syllable include:

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References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "𩔉". zdic.net. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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