Myung
| Myung | |
| Hangul | 명 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Myeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Myŏng |
Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Family name[edit]
The surname Myeong is derived from the Chinese surname Ming, written with the hanja 明, meaning "bright" or "brilliance".[1] The 2000 South Korean census estimated that 26,746 people had this family name.[2] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 62.1% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Myung in their passports. The Revised Romanisation spelling Myeong was in second place at 18.9%, while another 16.2% used the spelling Myoung. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.8%) included Myeoung.[3]
People with this family name include:
- Myoung Bok-hee (born 1979), South Korean team handball player
- Myung Jae-nam (1939–1999), South Korean hapkido practitioner
- Myung Ji-yun (born 1975), South Korean actress
- John Myung (born 1967), American bassist of Korean descent, founder of Dream Theater
- John Myung (poker player), American poker player of Korean descent
- Myung Kwang-sik (1940–2009), South Korean hapkido practitioner
- Myung Rye-hyun (born 1929), North Korean football manager
- Myung Se-bin (born 1975), South Korean actress
Given name[edit]
Hanja[edit]
There are 19 hanja with the reading "myeong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[4]
- 名 (이름 명 ireum myeong): "name"
- 命 (목숨 명 moksum myeong): "life"
- 明 (밝을 명 balgeul myeong): "bright"
- 鳴 (울 명 ul myeong): "cry", "chirp"
- 銘 (새길 명 saegil myeong): "inscription"
- 溟 (바다 명 bada myeong): "sea"
- 暝 (저물 명 jeomul myeong): "to darken"
- 椧 (홈통 명 homtong myeong): "drainpipe"
- 皿 (그릇 명 geureut myeong): "dish"
- 瞑 (눈 감을 명 nun gameul myeong): "to close one's eyes"
- 茗 (차 싹 명 cha ssak myeong): "tea plant"
- 蓂 (명협 명 myeonghyeop myeong):
- 螟 (멸구 명 myeolgu myeong): "leafhopper"
- 酩 (술 취할 명 sul chwihal myeong): "drunk"
- 慏 (너그러울 명 neogeureoul myeong): "generous"
- 洺 (강 이름 명 gang ireum myeong): name of a river
- 眀 (밝을 명 balgeul myeong): "bright"
- 䳟 (초명새 명 chomyeongsae myeong): a legendary bird
- 冥 (어두울 명 eoduul myeong): "dark"
People[edit]
People with the single-syllable given name Myung include:
- Yun Myeong (fl. 15th century), Joseon Dynasty scholar-official
As name element[edit]
One name containing this element, Myung-sook, was the fifth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950.[5] Names containing this element include:
- Myung-hee (unisex)
- Myung-hoon (masculine)
- Myung-hwa (feminine)
- Myung-hwan (masculine)
- Myung-jun (masculine)
- Myung-ok (feminine)
- Myung-soo (masculine)
- Myung-sook (feminine)
- Myung-soon (feminine)
- Myung-yong (masculine)
- Jung-myung (masculine)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean family names]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ^ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ^ 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 58. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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