Korean names you'd love your new baby to have!

Do you have an undying love for for all things Korean? Are you going to have a baby? If you said yes to both, you can give your child a Korean name, too!

Do you love everything Korean? Korean fashion, art, music, TV shows, movies, and pop idols? Are you having trouble naming your baby? Well, here’s a solution: why not give Korean names a chance and give one to your baby?

Korea has a complex and rich history, and a diverse heritage. There’s a certain uniqueness in Korean names that you can find nowhere else. This diversity is tempered by an odd commonness in surnames. Did you know that there are three surnames that are used by over half of the whole Korean population, both North and South? These are Park, Lee, and Kim.

Of course, if you’re going to name your baby, you’ll most probably pick the unique ones. Here’s what you need to know if you want to get into Korean naming conventions.

Most Korean names consist of two syllables.

Korean names are composed of a family name, followed by a given name.

Korean first names are based on Hangul, which is an alphabetical script, and Hanja, which are logo-syllabic characters. Hanja are Chinese characters and Hangul are Korean native alphabets.

For many years, it has been the tradition for Korean parents to select a name from a (presumably long) list of names approved and issued by the government. Of course, the trend has now fallen out of favor. More and more parents in Korea nowadays are choosing names derived from traditional Korean words. For example, baby girls are usually given two-syllable names, compared to male babies who usually have one-syllable names.

In Korean culture, given names are not used in daily life, so people usually call each other by their surnames when they’re not close, like in Japan. The given names are usually used in private or by close friends and family.

Korean names for your little bundle of joy!


Girls	Hangul	Boys	Hangul
ji su	지수	jin soo	진수
ji hee	지희	min jun	민준
jae eun	재은	se jun	세준
mi na	미나	sung min	성민
yu na	유나	ji hun	지훈
a ra	아라	ji sung	지성
ji yeon	지연	young jin	영진
ye seul	예슬	dong woo	동우
soo jung	수정	heon woo	현우
mi jin	미진	jung wook	정욱
eun ha	은하	la on	라온
mi sun	미선	jin woo	진우
ha na	하나	gun ho	건호
soo mi	수미	tae min	태민
yeon a	연아	jun ho	준호

Popular Korean names from 2016-2017

If you want to use popular Korean names from the last two years, you can choose names from this list.

Top 10 Male Baby Names in 2016 (left) / 2017 (right)

1. Min Jun / Do Yoon

2. Seo Jun / Ha Jun

3. Ha Jun / Seo Jun

4. Do Yoon / Si Woo

5. Joo Won / Min Jun

6. Ye Jun / Ye Jun

6. Si Woo / 7. Joo Won

8. Ji Ho / Yoo Jun

9. Jun Woo / Ji Ho

10. Yoo Jun / Jun Woo

Top 10 Female Baby Names in 2016 (left) / 2017 (right)

1. Seo Yoon / Ha Yoon

2. Seo Yeon / Seo Yoon

3. Ha Yoon / Seo Yeon

4. Ji Yoo / Ha Eun

5. Ji Woo / Ji Yoo

6. Ha Eun / Ji Woo

7. Ji Ah / Su Ah

8. Su Ah / Ha Rin

9. Seo Hyun / Ji Ah

10. Ha Rin / Seo Ah

Sources: Baby Names, Mom Junction, All Kpop

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