female Korean names and their meanings

My uncle was once married to a South Korean woman he met while he was in the army. I have no idea what the name means, but her name was Pok Hui. Pronounced ''pokey''.

Ok, here is how I do it,
first I translate to japanese, then find the kanji, and because Korean use some of the Kanji, but just pronounce differently, here is what I got :

the kanji for Lotus is ˜@ (Nelson4731), which in Korean seems to be pronounced "Ryeon".

as for wild, it seems to be –ì (Nelson4814), which I found attached to wild flowers and grasses, so it''s a pretty good guess IMHO, and it''s pronounced "ya" in Korean.

So wild lotus is –ì˜@, possibly read "Ya Ryeon" (I assume the "r" is pronounced "l" like in Japanese ?)

–ìåKåN (N4814 N4071 N4057) is for wild rose (the 2 right Kanji meaning respectively "a kind of grass" and "an edible fern" ... go figure)
Kanji no 2 is pronounced either "Jang" or "Saeg" (?), and Kanji 3 is pronounced "Mi"
Giving you "ya jang mi", or "ya saeg mi" for wild rose...

interestingly, a "cotton rose" is another name for lotus in japanese...

Please note that I am no japanese nor korean speaker, I just know where to go to find I am looking for If you need more words found, tell me and I''ll explain to you how I found out all that stuff. (oh, and if you see weird characters, I guess you dont have Japanese installed on your machine :/ which is why I included the Nelson codes for the Kanji, if you want to see what the characters actually look like).

Oh, yeah, I have no idea if you can use a noun as a name (since this is just a noun translation, sometimes usage for names vary, or add a modifier, like female japanese names have often a "ko" at the end, it seems), and I have of course no idea if anyone would wear a name like those I found out above; who knows Ya jang mi sounds quite alright to me

I hope this is of help ?

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Thank you ahw. I am actually going to install Japanese language support on my computer so I can read that Kanji.

Are the letters for Japanese and Chinese the same? Cuz I remember reading on the net that Korean names are based off their Chinese symbols.

If someone''s name then is Kim Ya Jang Mi, what would they be called in shortened form? Ie, my name is Lucas Eric Keyes, but I go by Luke or Lucas. What should I present her name as in the character options screen? I think 4 words is a little long.

Anyone else have any suggestions? Are there any people who speak Korean that can help? Any advice is appreciated, as this plagues me.

Thank you, Lucas

ps - if this shows up multiple times, I keep getting internal server error 500 when i post.

My last girlfriend was Korean - but only genetically

At any rate, have you tried doing a google search?

This was the first link:

Female Korean baby names
// edit - lots of names but the links are all broken

There are better links down the page, some even providing explanations: Korean Names Explanation
// so so

Korean+female+names

This one is good, well written English explanation of how Korean names are formed and what the significance of each part is: What's In a Korean Name?

Highlights from another page.

Korean Girl Baby Names
Displaying names 1 to 7 out of 7
"Cho" Female Japanese/Korean A butterfly. Korean beautiful.
"Dae" Female Korean Greatness.
"Jin" Female Chinese/Korean Chinese: Golden. Korean: A jewel. A boy or girl's name.
"Kyon" Female Korean Brightness.
"Soo" Female Korean Along life.
"Sun" Female Chinese/Korean Chinese: Bending, or decreasing. Korean: Goodness. A boy or girl's name.
"Yon" Female Korean A lotus blossom

Anyways, that's just to cover for the two bum steers.


[edited by - lessbread on July 24, 2002 9:48:44 PM]

A little off-topic, but:

Does anyone know what mu may mao (at least that''s what it sounds like) means? I''ve heard that the Vietnamese said it during the Vietnam War, and I know the vets don''t like to hear it.

wow what weird names huh. i knew a kid, his translated name ment dick.

Call her Yon Kichebe

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Original post by lukeyes
Thank you ahw. I am actually going to install Japanese language support on my computer so I can read that Kanji.

Are the letters for Japanese and Chinese the same? Cuz I remember reading on the net that Korean names are based off their Chinese symbols.

If someone''s name then is Kim Ya Jang Mi, what would they be called in shortened form? Ie, my name is Lucas Eric Keyes, but I go by Luke or Lucas. What should I present her name as in the character options screen? I think 4 words is a little long.

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LessBread is definitely on the right track. There is tons of baby''s names website for various cultures on the Net, with the great advantage that you usually get interesting explanations on what the names mean.

The KAnji characters are one of three systems of writings in Japanese. They are used mixed with the Hiragana characters which represents sounds, whereas the Kanji represent full words.
The Kanji comes from Chinese, the difference are only in pronounciation AFAIK, similarly, Kanji characters are used also in Korean, with also a different pronounciation.

For shortening names, I am not sure as different languages have different habits. In Japanes they add specific things to a name to add the notion of relationship : "Hiro" is a common name for boys (it means "man" IIRC), but you would call your little brother "Hirochan" (which is longer). For to show respect you add "san", so your boss or a work relation would be "Hirosan", for more respect (very polite), someone like a master, you''d call him "Hirosama", and apparently there is an even more respectful title, "O-", e.g. "O-Hiro".
But I guess for a four syllables name like the one you describe, "Kim" would be a natural shortened version ? Maybe thre is an equivalent of the "chan" thing in Korean ?
or "Kim Ya" ? "Kim the wild" In the end, a bit of realism is cool, but dont forget that you are the one in charge, so you have "artistic license" as they say...

Andromeda : Vietnamese is on a different branch of the tree of languages altogether... there are some dictionary on the Net, but without the exact pronounciation it''s pretty hard. "Mu" for instance, means describes either the genitals (female or male), a carapace, or something else (I read that earlier today, and forgot since). But there is also another word "Mù", which means something totally different (I think it was "fog" IIRC).

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Mao can mean Blood with the proper accent marks. Muy can mean salt...

Ok, you have to remember that, Koreans have their name is this manner. Last name - Showing respect to his/her family's name(sorta like a clan name); First Name - Usually two syllables. There is no official "middle name" in Korea but you could easily make one by splitting your first name up. There's this one famous Korean singer I know of that goes by the name Bo Ah and you could kinda modify that into an original name. Hope that helps. I'm Korean

[edited by - Wachar on July 25, 2002 8:03:14 PM]

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Original post by Andrew Nguyen
Mao can mean Blood with the proper accent marks. Muy can mean salt...

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I don''t think so...

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thanks for more replies everyone. As far as artistic license, I know I have it, but I don''t want to show anyone any disrespect by not researching their culture enough to have some accuracy with names.

I knew about the "last name first thing", that''s why I chose Kim, since it''s one of the most popular family names in Korea.

I actually looked at most of the websites already mentioned. I got the original "Woo Shin" from Kabalarians.com (which isn''t very good for asian names). And the "Yun Hee" I got from http://www.geocities.com/newarrivals , which is a website about adopting Korean babies. So, I guess I can stick with Yun, so now I have to ask you guys which do you like better?

Yun Hee (bright lotus)
Yun Mee (beautiful lotus)
Yun Cho (beautiful lotus)

thanks for the help.

Also, Lee (supposed to be EEE'' but was translated to Lee because of the differences in the sounds of the words between Korean and English) is a very popular last name.

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I think Yun Jo would be more oriental-like but since there''s only 3 choices, Yun Cho. Yun Jo sounds more likely and Yun Cho.

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Yeah I like that one too "Yun Cho", or "Yun Jo", it's sounds/looks much less convoluted than what I found.

Wachar, if you are Korean, can you tell me how far I am from the truth with what I found ? I mean, does it make any sense ?

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[edited by - ahw on July 26, 2002 5:20:46 PM]

I got it!!!!

Fook Mi
Fook Yu

They are twins, Both great names.

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ahw, I don''t think you''re very far off.

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