Yeongyang Gim clan

Yeongyang Gim clan
Country Korea
Current region Yeongyang County
Founder Gim Chung

Yeongyang Gim clan (Hangul: 영양 김씨; Hanja: 英陽 金氏) was one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was in Yeongyang County, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research in 2000, the number of Yeongyang Gim clan was 7462. Their founder was Gim Chung, Bureaucrat in Tang dynasty. He was dispatched to Japan as an embassy, but the ship he rode was wrecked. Then, he was naturalized in Silla. He changed his name to Nam Min (hanja: 南敏) because he was given "Nam" from the region's name “Runan (hanja: 汝南)” as a surname from Gyeongdeok of Silla. Seok jung (hanja: 錫中), a Nam Min (hanja: 南敏)'s son, was settled in Yeongyang County and began Yeongyang Gim clan using the original clan's name Gim clan.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Doosan Encyclopedia 영양김씨 英陽金氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
  • Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏. Doosan Encyclopedia.
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