Yong (Korean name)
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| Revised Romanization | Yong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yong |
Yong is a Korean family name, as well as a character in some Korean given names. As a family name, it may also be spelled Ryong.
As a family name
Most hanja with the reading Yong are pronounced that way in all dialects of Korean. However, the character used to write the family name (龍, meaning "dragon"), is also read as Ryong and spelled as such in hangul (룡). This is the standard reading in North Korea and among Koreans in China, and is also frequently seen in South Korea along with Yong. The 2000 South Korean Census found 14,067 people with the family name Yong or Ryong.[1] They traced their origins to only a single bon-gwan: Hongcheon, Gangwon, in what is today South Korea.[2]
People with this family name include:
- Yong Hyun-Jin (born 1988), South Korean football player
- Yong Jun-hyung (born 1989), South Korean rapper
- Yong Lee-Ja (born 1991), North Korean football player
In given names
Yong is an element in some given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 24 hanja with the reading "yong" and one with the reading "ryong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; common ones are listed in the table above.[3]
Names containing this element include:
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People with the single-syllable given name Yong or Ryong include:
- Jang Yong (born 1945), South Korean footballer
- Ryoo Ryong (born 1957), South Korean chemistry professor
- Lee Yong (born 1978), South Korean luger
- Kang Yong (born 1979), South Korean footballer
- Min Ryoung (born 1982), South Korean short track speed skater
- Lee Yong (footballer born 1986), South Korean footballer
- Lee Yong (footballer born 1989), South Korean footballer
See also
References
- ↑ "성씨인구분포데이터 (Surname population and distribution data)". South Korea: National Statistics Office. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean surnames]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names]. South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 31. Retrieved 2013-10-17.