| Yeong-nam | |
| Hangul | 영남 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngnam |
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.
There are 34 hanja with the reading " yeong" and five hanja with the reading " nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:
- 永 男 (길 영/읊을 영 gil yeong / eulpeul yeong, 사내 남 sanae nam): "eternal man". These characters are also used to write various Japanese given names, including Hisao, Norio, and Tsuneo. [2]
People with this name include:
- Kim Yong-nam (born 1928), North Korean politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Jo Young-nam (born 1945), South Korean singer and television personality
- Kim Young-nam (born 1960), retired South Korean male Greco-Roman wrestler
- Moon Young-nam (born 1960), South Korean television screenwriter
- Jang Young-nam (born 1973), South Korean actress
- Choi Young-nam (born 1984), South Korean football player
- Kim Yeong-nam (diver) (born 1996), South Korean diver
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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| Yeong-nam | |
| Hangul | 영남 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngnam |
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.
There are 34 hanja with the reading " yeong" and five hanja with the reading " nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:
- 永 男 (길 영/읊을 영 gil yeong / eulpeul yeong, 사내 남 sanae nam): "eternal man". These characters are also used to write various Japanese given names, including Hisao, Norio, and Tsuneo. [2]
People with this name include:
- Kim Yong-nam (born 1928), North Korean politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
- Jo Young-nam (born 1945), South Korean singer and television personality
- Kim Young-nam (born 1960), retired South Korean male Greco-Roman wrestler
- Moon Young-nam (born 1960), South Korean television screenwriter
- Jang Young-nam (born 1973), South Korean actress
- Choi Young-nam (born 1984), South Korean football player
- Kim Yeong-nam (diver) (born 1996), South Korean diver
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. 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.