Young (Korean name)

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Young
Pronunciation /jʌŋ/
Origin
Word/name Korean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingYeong, Yong, Yung
  1. ( gil yeong): 'eternal'
  2. (꽃부리 영kkotburi yeong): 'flower petals'
    • ( 뛰어날ttwieonal yeong): 'outstanding'
  3. ( 맞을majeul yeong): 'welcome'
  4. ( 영화yeonghwa yeong): 'flourishing'
  5. ( 헤엄칠heeomchil yeong): 'swim'
  6. ( 읊을eulpeul yeong): 'recite poetry'
  7. ( 경영할 영gyeong-yeonghal yeong): 'manage'
  8. ( 그림자geurimja yeong): 'shadow", "reflection'
  9. ( 비칠bichil yeong): 'shine'
  10. (하여금 령hayeogeum ryeong): 'to force'
  11. ( 거느릴geoneuril ryeong): 'to lead'
  12. ( 고개gogae ryeong): 'mountain pass'
  13. ( 떨어질ddeorojil ryeong): 'to fall' (e.g. of rain)
  14. ( 신령sinnyeong ryeong): 'spirit'
  15. ( 편안할pyonanhal nyeong): 'comfortable'

While as of June 2022, the list of additional hanja permitted for use in given names contains 34 hanja with the reading yeong (including two which are variant forms of another in the same list), 28 hanja with the reading ryeong (with one permitted variant form, and two which are variant forms of one in the list of Basic Hanja for educational use), and five hanja with the reading nyeong: [4]

  1. (맑을mul malgeul yeong): 'clear water'
  2. ( 빛날bitnal yeong): 'shine'
  3. (옥빛 영okbit yeong): 'shining jade'
  4. ( 밝을balgeul yeong): 'lustrous'
  5. (물 졸졸 흐를mul joljol heureul yeong): 'bubbling'
  6. ( chal yeong): 'full'
  7. ( 기둥gidung yeong): 'pillar'
  8. ( 방울 소리bang-ul sori yeong): 'bell sound'
  9. ( 어린아이orinai yeong): 'baby'
  10. ( 이삭isak yeong): 'grain'
  11. (옥돌 영okdol yeong): 'gemstone'
  12. ( 읊을eulpeul yeong): 'recite poetry'
  13. ( 무덤mudeom yeong): 'tomb'
  14. ( 가파를gapareul yeong): 'steep'
  15. ( 이름gang ireum yeong): Ying River in Anhui, China
  16. ( 바다bada yeong): 'sea'
  17. (갓끈 영gatkkeun yeong): 'chinstrap'
  18. ( 진눈깨비jinnunkkaebi yeong): 'sleet'
  19. ( chal yeong): 'to have a surplus'
  20. 𢥏 (호위할 영howihal yeong): 'protect'
  21. ( 영원yeong-won yeong): a species of Asiatic salamander
  22. ( 달빛dalbit yeong): 'moonlight'
  23. ( 거침 없이 흐를geochimeopsi heureul yeong): 'flow smoothly'
  24. ( 똑바로 ttokbaro bol yeong): 'look ahead'
  25. ( 나무 이름namu ireum yeong): a species of tree
  26. (혹 영hok yeong): 'goitre'
  27. (풍류 이름 영pungryu ireum yeong): name of a style of music
  28. ( 물속 mulsok dol yeong): 'underwater rock'
  29. ( 얽힐eolkil yeong): 'to be tied up'
  30. ( 남을nameul yeong): 'to win'
  31. ( 나라 서울Chonara seoul yeong): 'Ying' (capital of the state of Chu)
  32. ( keul yeong): 'large'
  33. ( 영리할yeongrihal ryeong): 'clever'
  34. ( 소리ok sori ryeong): 'sound of jade'
  35. ( 슬기로울seulgiroul ryeong): 'clever'
  36. ( 햇빛haetbit ryeong): 'sunshine'
  37. ( 방울bang-ul ryeong): 'bell'
  38. ( 나이nai ryeong): 'age'
  39. ( 영리할yeongrihal ryeong): 'clever'
  40. ( ok ryeong): 'prison'
  41. (멍석 령meongseok ryeong): 'bamboo screen'
  42. ( 영양yeong-yang ryeong): 'antelope'
  43. ( git ryeong): 'wings'
  44. ( 들을deureul ryeong): 'to listen'
  45. ( 쾌할kwaehal ryeong): 'to rejoice'
  46. : 'cool and refreshing'
  47. : 'wake' (of a boat)
  48. ( 속삭일soksagil ryeong): 'to whisper'
  49. ( 헤어질heeojil ryeong): 'separate'
  50. ( 격자 gyeokjachang ryeong): 'window'
  51. ( 소금sogeum ryeong): 'salt'
  52. ( 처음 익을byeo cheoum igeul ryeong): 'freshly-cooked rice'
  53. (도꼬마리 령dokkomari ryeong): 'cocklebur'
  54. ( 잠자리jamjari ryeong): 'dragonfly'
  55. (수레nyang sure ryeong): 'wheel'
  56. ( 할미새halmisae ryeong): 'wagtail'
  57. ( 달빛 영롱할 령dalbit yeongronghal ryeong): 'bright moonlight'
  58. ( 모질mojil nyeong): 'fierce'
  59. ( 아첨할acheomhal nyeong): 'to flatter'
  60. ( 괴로워할 녕goirowohal nyeong): 'suffering'
  61. ( 간곡할gan-gokhal nyeong): 'earnest'
  62. (진창 녕jinchang nyeong): 'mud'

People

Koreans with the single-syllable given name Young include:

As name element

Names containing this element were popular for newborn boys in South Korea from the 1940s through the late 1960s. [5] Korean names which begin with this element include:

Korean names which end with this element include:

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References

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  4. 1 2 가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 규칙 [Regulations on Registration of Family Relations] (Regulation 3062) (in Korean). 30 June 2022. In general, hanja can only be used for hangul corresponding to their exact pronunciation, but as stated in Footnote 1 of Schedule 1, "However, hanja with the initial sound 'n' or 'r' may be used for no consonant onset or 'n' depending on how they sound." ("그러나 첫소리(初聲)가 'ㄴ' 또는 'ㄹ'인 한자는 각각 소리나는 바에 따라 'ㅇ' 또는 'ㄴ'으로 사용할 수 있다.")
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