Chae-won

This article is about the unisex given name spelled Chae-won in the Revised Romanization of Korean. For the Korean unisex given name (재원) spelled Chaewŏn in the McCune–Reischauer system, see Jae-won.
Chae-won
Pronunciation/tʃæ.wʌn/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningdifferent depending on Hanja
Chae-won
Hangul
채원
Hanja
采元, 彩原, 彩媛 and others
Revised RomanizationChae-won
McCune–ReischauerCh'aewŏn
IPA[tɕʰɛwʌn]

Chae-won is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 18 hanja with the reading "chae"[1] and 47 hanja with the reading "won"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Chae-won was the seventh-most-popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 2013.[3][4]

People

People with this name include:

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also

References

  1. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "채"
  2. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "원"
  3. ^ list of the most popular given names in South Korea
  4. ^ "신생아 인기 이름 1위, 철수와 영자에서…세월 따라 이름도". Maeil Business Newspaper. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.