Young (Korean name)
| Young | |
| Hangul | 영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja |
Family name Various |
| Revised Romanization | Yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏng |
Family name
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Young, also romanised Yeong or Yŏng, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable unisex Korean given name, and as a common element in two-syllable given names. It has different meanings depending on which hanja is used to write it.
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.
There are 34 hanja with this reading, and variant forms of three of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in personal names; they are:
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. Korean names which begin with this element include:
Korean names which end with this element include:
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