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Korean Name Generator with Meanings

Pick a family name, the kind of meaning you like and your birth month. You get three Korean name ideas built from native Korean words, with what each word means.

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Meaning you like

Your Korean name ideas

  • 이나래

    Lee Narae

    나래 means wings (a softer, literary word for 날개).

  • 박이슬

    Park Iseul

    이슬 means dew.

  • 최한결

    Choi Hangyeol

    한결 means even more than before (an adverb used as a name).

The family name uses the common passport spelling; the given name uses the official Revised Romanization. Many Koreans choose their own English spelling.

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Example

With the family name 이 (Lee) and the word 하늘, the name is 이하늘, spelled Lee Haneul. 하늘 means the sky. Choose a spring birth month and spring words such as 새봄 (early spring) and 단비 (welcome rain) come first.

How the names are made

Each idea joins one of the ten most common Korean family names with one of 15 native Korean words. The family names follow Statistics Korea’s 2015 Population and Housing Census: Kim is the most common (about 21.5% of people), then Lee (14.7%) and Park (8.4%), followed by Choi, Jung, Kang, Cho, Yoon, Jang and Lim. If you skip the family name, the tool takes turns through these.

The given names are everyday native Korean words checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s Standard Korean Language Dictionary, and the English meanings follow its definitions. Words that are not in the dictionary, and words with confusing extra meanings, were left out. Your birth month only changes the order, putting words that suit the season first. Press Show other names for new combinations.

The romanization follows Korea’s official Revised Romanization of Korean, except family names, which use the common passport spellings. Korean names are usually written family name first.

Frequently asked questions

Are these real Korean names?

They are native Korean words, not Chinese-character (hanja) names. Words like 하늘 (sky) and 슬기 (wisdom) are used as given names in Korea, but this tool is for fun and does not say how common each name is.

Why no hanja meanings?

Most Korean given names use hanja, and one sound can be written with many characters, each with its own meaning. We could not find an official source we could use for character meanings, so this tool uses native Korean words whose meanings we checked in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

Why is 김 written Kim and not Gim?

Family names usually keep a traditional passport spelling, such as Kim, Lee and Park. The official Revised Romanization would be Gim, I and Bak. Given names here use the official romanization.

Can I use this as my legal name in Korea?

No. This is a fun name idea, not legal or naming advice. Registering a name in Korea follows separate rules.

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