Sun-young

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.[1]

Sun-young
Hangul
선영
Hanja
善永, 宣映, 善怜, and others
Revised RomanizationSeon-yeong
McCune–ReischauerSŏn-yŏng

Hanja

The meaning of the name depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "sun" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[2] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • With the first character 善 (착할 선 chakhal seon), meaning "good" or "kind-hearted":
    • 善永 (길 영 gil yeong "long", "eternal"). These characters are also used to write the Japanese surname and masculine given name Yoshinaga.[3]
    • 善英 (꽃부리 영 ggotburi yeong "flower petals"; 뛰어날 영 ddwieonal yeong "heroic"). These characters are also used to write the Japanese masculine given name Yoshihide.[3]
    • 善怜 (영리할 영 yeongrihal yeong "clever"). The second character is not on the South Korean government's list of name hanja.[2]
  • With the first character 宣 (베풀 선 bepul seon), meaning "to proclaim":

People

People with this name include:

Entertainers

Sportspeople

Other

See also

References
  1. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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