Kyung-won (name)

Kyung-won
Hangul 경원
Hanja 敬元, 敬媛, 卿瑗, and others
Revised Romanization Gyeong-won
McCune–Reischauer Kyŏng'wŏn

Kyung-won, also spelled Kyong-won, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 35 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

  • Park Kyung-won (1901–1933), Korea's first female aviator
  • K. W. Lee (born 1928), Korean-born American male journalist
  • Kyongwon Ahn (born 1937), Korean-born American male taekwondo master
  • Na Kyung-won (born 1963), South Korean female politician and lawyer
  • Moon Kyungwon (born 1969), South Korean female artist
  • Lee Kyung-won (born 1980), South Korean female badminton player
  • Yoon Kyung-won (born 1982), South Korean male ice hockey player
  • Kwon Kyung-won (born 1992), South Korean male footballer
  • Kim Kyung-won, member of late 1980s and early 1990s South Korean heavy metal band Sinawe
  • Kang Kyung-won (born 1997), stage name Yuha, South Korean female idol, member of girl group Pristin

See also

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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