Get a Korean Name!

[Redeim]

This is a fun little trick that gave me a Korean name. Of course, you don't have to use the one you get here, but it's a fun way to get one.

1. Surname: Korean surname is the last number in your year of birth. (ex: 1989)
-0: Park
-1: Kim
-2: Shin
-3: Choi
-4: Song
-5: Kang
-6: Han
-7: Lee
-8: Sung
-9: Jung

II. Middle name: is your month of birth. (ex: January= 1 )
-1: Yong
-2: Ji
-3: Je
-4: Hye
-5: Dong
-6: Sang
-7: Ha
-8: Hyo
-9: Soo
-10: Eun
-11: Hyeon (Hyun)
-12: Rae

III. Name: is your day of birth. (ex. January 1st)
-1: Hwa
-2: Woo
-3: Joon
-4: Hee
-5: Kyo
-6: Kyeong (Kyung)
-7: Wook
-8: Jin
-9: Jae
-10: Hoon
-11: Ra
-12: Bin
-13: Sun
-14: Ri
-15: Soo
-16: Rim
-17: Ah
-18: Ae
-19: Neul
-20: Moon
-21: In
-22: Mi
-23: Ki
-24: Sang
-25: Byeong (Byung)
-26: Seok
-27: Geun
-28: Yoo
-29: Sup
-30: Won
-31: Sub

So the example person's name would be Jung YongHwa.
(Did that really just happen? XD)
In English it would be YongHwa (first name) Jung (last name).

[Redeim]

So we'll use me as another example.
My birthday February 18, 1989.
Therefore:
1989=9-Jung
February=2-Ji
18th-Ae

Therefore, my name in Korean is Jung JiAe.

If you like the name you get, you can go further. I had Korean friends help me get my name in hanja, which is the Chinese characters Korean use. It also gave a meaning to my name.

正-정-Jung-wisdom
知-지-Ji-bright (as in smart)
愛-애-Ae-love

[Tori]

Interesting....my name in Korean is Kim JiWoo.

*is thinking of changing her display name on here*

[Redeim]

It reminds me of a Korean singer, Kim TaeWoo.
A link to one of his songs

But don't worry, Patricia will take him off your hands if you don't like him. xD

if you want to find your own name, you can look here or here.

Both Patricia and I agree it sounds like a man's name. ^^;
But Patricia had Park HyeWook, and she hated it and had friends get her a Korean name, and now she's Park ShiEun.

[jemmy]

My name "Lee Hye Sup" also became a man's name! Haha! My real Korean name is Lim Ji Woo 임지우 but I like just "Woo" ... However, just "Woo" means cow in Korean... xD

[Redeim]

roflmao, nice...