Yong-nam

This article is about the Korean male given name "용남". For the region, see Yeongnam. For the name spelled Yeong-nam (영남) in Revised Romanization, see Young-nam. For other uses, see Yeongnam (disambiguation).
Yong-nam
Hangul
용남
Hanja
勇南, 勇男, 龍男, and others
Revised RomanizationYongnam
McCune–ReischauerYongnam

Yong-nam is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

There are 24 hanja with the reading "yong" and five hanja with the reading "nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Additionally, there is one hanja with the reading "ryong" (龍, meaning "dragon") which may also be written and pronounced "yong" in South Korea, where the historical initial rieul (ㄹ) is not pronounced due to the dueum beopchik rule of phonology in the standard language.[1][2] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • 勇男 (날랠 용 nallael yong, 사내 남 sanae nam): "brave man". These characters are also used to write various Japanese given names, including Isao and Takeo.[3]
  • 龍男 (용 룡/용 용 yong ryong/yong yong, 사내 남 sanae nam): "dragon man". These characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Tatsuo.[3]

People

People with this name include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. ^ "우리말 바루기: '최룡해'인가? '최용해'인가?" [Our language, correctly: Choe Ryong-hae? Choe Yong-hae?]. JoongAng Ilbo. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2012-12-02.