Seung (Korean name)

Seung

Pronunciation	/sʊŋ/
Origin
Word/name	Korean
Meaning	Different depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spelling	Sung

1. 乘 (탈 승;tal seung): "to ride"
2. 承 (이을 승;ieul seung): "to inherit"
3. 勝 (이길 승;igil seung): "to win"
4. 昇 (오를 승;oreul seung): "to rise"
5. 僧 (중 승;jung seung): "monk"
6. 丞 (도울 승;toul seung): "to help"
7. 陞 (오를 승;oreul seung): "to rise"
   • 阩 (variant)
8. 繩 (노끈 승;nokkeun seung): "rope"
9. 蠅 (파리 승;pari seung): "fly"
10. 升 (오를 승;oreul seung): "to rise"
11. 榺 (잉아 승;ing-a seung): "heddle"
12. 氶 (이을 승;ieul seung): "to inherit"
13. 塍 (밭두둑 승;batduduk seung): "ridge"
14. 㞼 (정승 승;jeongseung seung): "to flatter"
15. 陹 (오를 승;oreul seung): "to rise"
16. 鬙 (머리 헝클어질 승;meori heongkeurojil seung): "to have tangled hair"
17. 㴍 (물 이름 승;mul ireum seung): used in the name of a body of water

First syllable

• Seung-ah
• Seung-chul
• Seung-eun
• Seung-gi
• Seung-hee
• Seung-heon
• Seung-hwa
• Seung-hwan
• Seung-hyun, which was the 10th-most popular given name for newborn boys in 1990 ^[5]
• Seung-ho
• Seung-hoon
• Seung-jae
• Seung-jun
• Seung-min
• Seung-soo
• Seung-won
• Seung-woo
• Seung-yeon
• Seung-yong
• Seung-yoon

Second syllable

• Hyun-seung

People

People with the single-syllable given name Seung include:

• Sŏng Sŭng (died 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

• List of Korean family names
• List of Korean given names

Well-known Seungs

• S.Coups Choi Seungcheol- a South Korean rapper and singer/song-writer, He is the eldest member and leader of the thirteen member South Korean pop group Seventeen, He is also a member and the leader of the four member HHU/Hip-hop unit- a sub-unit of Seventeen and leader of the groups fandom, known as Carats. He is a brand ambassador for several brands including Nars Cosmetics, Neogen and Chitato.
• Hyunjune Sebastian Seung- a physicist and neuroscientist of Korean descent, involved with connectomics.
• T.K. Seung- a Korean-born American philosopher and literary critic born in 1930
• Kim Seungmin- a South Korean singer and member of the popular South Korean pop group Stray Kids and a brand ambassador for Loewe

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 4 December 2017.
2. 연일승씨(延日承氏) [Yeonil Seung clan]. Academy of Korean Studies . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
3. 광산 승씨(光山承氏) [Gwangsan Seung clan]. Bucheon: Jokbo Library. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
4. 가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 규칙 [Regulations on Registration of Family Relations] (Regulation 2954) (in Korean). 29 January 2021.
5. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

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