Pronunciation | /jʌŋ/ |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Yeong, Yong, Yung |
Young | |
Hangul | 영 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏng |
IPA | [jʌŋ] |
Young,also spelled Yeong,Yong,or Yung,is an uncommon Korean surname,a single-syllable Korean given name,and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 43 hanja with the reading yeong on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names,as well as 28 with the reading ryeong and six with the reading nyeong.
As a Korean family name,Young can be written with three different hanja,indicating different lineages. According to the 2000 South Korean Census,a total of 259 people had these family names. [1]
Article 44 of South Korea's Act on Registration of Family Relations gives the Supreme Court the power to define the list of hanja permitted for use in given names. Under the Supreme Court's regulations,that list consists of the Basic Hanja for educational use and a list of additional hanja permitted for use in given names. There are nine basic hanja for educational use with the reading yeong,as well as five with the reading ryeong and one with the reading nyeong which may be pronounced as yeong according to the dueum beopchik rule of Korean phonology,among which three have additional approved variant forms [4]
While as of June 2022 [update] , 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]
Koreans with the single-syllable given name Young include:
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:
Seong (Korean: 성), also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Chae (Korean: 채), also less commonly spelled Chai or Chea, is a Korean family name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Moon, also spelled Mun, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the Hanja used to write it.
Ban, also spelled Bahn or Pan, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write it.
Sun-young, also spelled Seon-young or Seon-yeong, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. It was the ninth-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1970, and held the same rank in 1980.
Young-mi, also spelled Yong-mi or Yeong-mi, is a Korean feminine given name. It was the tenth-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1960.
Yeong-nam, also spelled Young-nam, Yong-nam, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Young-ja, also spelled Yeong-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. According to South Korean government data, it was the most popular name for baby girls born in 1940. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write it.
Jae, also Chae, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja chosen by the name-giver.
Seung, also spelled Sung, is an uncommon Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. As a given name, its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 17 hanja with the reading seung on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Hyun, also spelled Hyeon or Hyon, Hyoun, is a Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
So, also spelled Soh, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write it.
Yang (Korean: 양) is a Korean surname. According to the 2000 South Korean Census, 486,645 people in South Korea had the surname Yang.
Sang is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean unisex given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Su, also spelled Soo, is a rare Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 91 hanja with the reading "su" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Sook, also spelled Suk, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Ok, sometimes spelled Oak or Ock, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. It is usually written with a hanja meaning "jade".
Geun, also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable names.
Si-young, also spelled Shi-young, or Si-yeong, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 56 hanja with the reading "shi" and 85 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
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