Sun-young
Appearance
Sun-young | |
Hangul | 선영 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seon-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏn-yŏng |
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]
Hanja
The meaning of the name depends 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":
- With the first character 宣 (베풀 선 bepul seon), meaning "to proclaim":
People
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Kim Sun-young (actress, born 1976), South Korean actress
- Park Sun-young (actress) (born 1976), South Korean actress
- Kim Sun-young (actress, born 1980), South Korean actress
- Hyomin (born Park Sun-young, 1989), South Korean female singer, member of T-ara
- Luna (South Korean singer) (born Park Sun-young, 1993), South Korean female singer, member of f(x)
- Bak Seon-yeong (voice actress), South Korean voice actress
Sportspeople
- Kim Seon-young (judoka) (born 1979), South Korean female judo practitioner
- Lee Sun-young (announcer) (born 1982), South Korean female sports announcer
- Lee Sun-young (born 1984), South Korean female long-distance runner
- Yoo Sun-young (born 1986), South Korean female professional golfer on the LPGA tour
- Lim Sun-young (born 1988), South Korean male footballer
- Noh Seon-yeong (born 1989), South Korean female speed skater
Other
- Lee Sun-young (born 1970), hostage in the 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan
- Sun Yung Shin (born 1974), South Korean-born American female writer
See also
References
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ a b "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ a b Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.