Woong
Hangul
웅
Hanja
雄: "hero"
熊: "bear"
Revised RomanizationUng
McCune–ReischauerUng

Woong, also spelled Ung, is a Korean masculine given name and name element. It is one of a small number of single-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are only two hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names, one meaning "hero", and the other meaning "bear".[1] Though the character meaning "bear" is used as a family name in China (Xiong), it is not a traditional Korean family name, and according to the 2000 South Korean census no one in the country had that family name.[2][3]

People with this given name include:

  • Kim Ung (1910/1912 – ?), North Korean general
  • Chang Ung (born 1938), North Korean taekwondo athlete
  • Namkung Woong (born 1984), South Korean footballer
  • Byun Woong (born 1986), South Korean footballer
  • Heo Ung (born 1993), South Korean basketball player

Given names containing this element include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 31. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ↑ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean family names]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  3. ↑ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
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