| Seong-nam | |
| Hangul | 성남 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏng-nam |
Seong-nam, also spelled Sung-nam or Song-nam, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " seong" and five hanja with the reading " nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja, which may be registered for use in given names. [1] One pair of hanja used to write the name (成男) also corresponds to several Japanese given names, including Shigeo and Naruo. [2]
People with this name include:
- Hong Song-nam (1929–2009), North Korean politician
- Kim Sung-nam (born 1954), South Korean footballer
- Lee Seong-nam (born 1977 as Denis Laktionov), naturalised South Korean footballer originally from Russia
- O Song-nam (born 1982), North Korean freestyle wrestler
- Ahn Sung-nam (born 1984), South Korean footballer
- Kim Song-nam, North Korean table tennis player
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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| Seong-nam | |
| Hangul | 성남 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏng-nam |
Seong-nam, also spelled Sung-nam or Song-nam, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " seong" and five hanja with the reading " nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja, which may be registered for use in given names. [1] One pair of hanja used to write the name (成男) also corresponds to several Japanese given names, including Shigeo and Naruo. [2]
People with this name include:
- Hong Song-nam (1929–2009), North Korean politician
- Kim Sung-nam (born 1954), South Korean footballer
- Lee Seong-nam (born 1977 as Denis Laktionov), naturalised South Korean footballer originally from Russia
- O Song-nam (born 1982), North Korean freestyle wrestler
- Ahn Sung-nam (born 1984), South Korean footballer
- Kim Song-nam, North Korean table tennis player
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.