Hwan (name)
| Hwan | |
| Hangul | 환 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hwan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwan |
Hwan is a rare Korean family name, as well as an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Family name[edit]
As a family name, Hwan is written with only one hanja, the Sino-Korean name of the Sapindus mukorossi tree (桓; 굳셀 환 gutsel hwan). The 2000 South Korean census found 157 people with this family name.[1] People with this family name include:
- Thomas Hwan, South Korean actor based in Denmark
Given name[edit]
Hanja[edit]
There are 21 hanja with the reading "hwan" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:[2][3]
- 歡 (기쁠 환 gibbeul hwan): "happiness"
- 患 (근심 환 geunsim hwan): "anxiety"
- 丸 (둥글 환 dung-geul hwan): "round"
- 換 (바꿀 환 baggul hwan): "to change"
- 環 (고리 환 gori hwan): "ring"
- 還 (돌아올 환 doraol hwan): "to return"
- 喚 (부를 환 bureul hwan): "to summon"
- 奐 (빛날 환 bitnal hwan): "to shine"
- 渙 (흩어질 환 heuteojil hwan): "to be scattered"
- 煥 (불꽃 환 bulggot hwan): "blaze"
- 晥 (환할 환 hwanhal hwan): "bright"
- 幻 (헛보일 환 heotboil hwan): "illusion"
- 桓 (굳셀 환 gutsel hwan): Sapindus mukorossi
- 鐶 (고리 환 gori hwan): "ring"
- 驩 (기뻐할 환 gibbeohal hwan): "to rejoice"
- 宦 (벼슬 환 byeoseul hwan): "government officials"
- 紈 (흰 비단 환 hoen bidan hwan): "white silk"
- 鰥 (환어 환 hwaneo hwan): a kind of fish
- (홀아버지 환 heutabeoji hwan): "bachelor"
- 圜 (두를 환 dureul hwan): "to wrap around"
- 皖 (환할 환 hwanhal hwan)
- 洹 (세차게 흐를 환 sechage heureul hwan): "to flow violently"
As name element[edit]
One name containing this element, Young-hwan, was the 9th-most popular name for newborn South Korean boys in 1950.[4] Other names containing this element include:
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ 유니코드 한자사전. National Library of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.