Seung (Korean name)

Seung
Hangul 승
Hanja
Revised Romanization Seung
McCune–Reischauer Sŭng
IPA /sɯŋ/

Seung, spelled Sung in North Korea, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used.

As a surname

There are two hanja which may be used to write the surname Seung, each indicating different lineages. The 2000 South Korean census found 3,304 people with these surnames.[1]

More common (承)

The more common Seung surname is written with a hanja meaning "inherit" (承; 이을 승; ieul seung). The 2000 South Korean census found 2,494 people with this family name, and 762 households.[1] The surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) at that time included:

  1. Yeonil: 1,828 people and 568 households[1] They claim descent from Seung Gae (承愷), a general under Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo.[2][3]
  2. Gwangsan: 643 people and 188 households.[1] This is a different name for the Yeonil Seung clan, claiming descent from the same ancestor.[2]
  3. Yangju: Six people and two households[1]
  4. Other or undistinguished bon-gwan: 17 people and four households[1]

People with this surname include:

  • T. K. Seung (born 1930), Korean-born American philosopher and literary critic
  • Seung H-Sang (born Seung Hyo-sang, 1952), South Korean architect
  • Sung Hyang-sim (born 1999), North Korean footballer
  • Sebastian Seung, American physicist and neuroscientist of Korean descent

Less common (昇)

The less common Seung surname is written with a hanja meaning "rise" (昇; 오를 승; oreul seung). The 2000 South Korean census found 810 people with this family name, and 239 households.[1] The surviving bon-gwan at that time included:

  • Namwon: 613 people and 183 households[1]
  • Changpyeong: 134 people and 39 households[1]
  • Geumseong: 20 people and five households[1]
  • Miryang: 14 people and three households[1]
  • Naju: Six people and three households[1]
  • Other or undistinguished bon-gwan: 21 people and four households[1]

In given names

Hanja and meaning

There are 15 hanja with this reading, and a variant form of one of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:[4]

  1. 乘 (탈 승; tal seung): "to ride"
  2. 承 (이을 승; ieul seung): "to inherit"
  3. 勝 (이길 승; igil seung): "to win"
  4. 昇 (오를 승; oreul seung): "to rise"
  5. 僧 (중 승; jung seung): "monk"
  6. 丞 (도울 승; toul seung): "to help"
  7. 陞 (오를 승; oreul seung): "to rise"
  8. 繩 (노끈 승; nokkeun seung): "rope"
  9. 蠅 (파리 승; pari seung): "fly"
  10. 升 (오를 승; oreul seung): "to rise"
  11. 榺 (잉아 승; ing-a seung): "heddle"
  12. 氶 (이을 승; ieul seung): "to inherit"
  13. 塍 (밭두둑 승; batduduk seung): "ridge"
  14. 㞼 (정승 승; jeongseung seung): "to flatter"
  15. 陹 (오를 승; oreul seung): "to rise"

People

People with the single-syllable given name Seung include:

  • Seong Seung (d. 1456), Joseon Dynasty soldier
  • Park Seung (born 1936), South Korean banker
  • Suh Sung (born 1945), Zainichi Korean who was held as a political prisoner in South Korea for 19 years

As name element

One name beginning with this syllable, Seung-hyun, was the 10th-most common name for newborn boys in South Korea in 1990.[5] Names which begin with this syllable:

Names which end with this syllable:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 연일승씨(延日承氏) [Yeonil Seung clan]. Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ↑ 광산 승씨(光山承氏) [Gwangsan Seung clan]. Bucheon: Jokbo Library. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 25. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  5. ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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