Girl Korean Names

Girl Korean Names

Korean names are a combination of the family name and the last name, and they are used in the same manner by both North and South Koreans. Like Chinese names, Korean ones are made of Sino Korean morphemes.

Most of the names depend on Chinese characters and as it is very common, the meaning of many of these Korean names are around goodness, beauty, purity, and good morals.

Here’s a list of some of the most pretty Korean names for girls, from A to Z for you to choose your favourite.

Girl Korean Names: A

Ae-Cha – means loving daughter.

Aera – means love and net for catching birds.

Ae-Ri – means gains, profit, advantage, and merit.

Ahnjong – means tranquillity.

Ara – means beautiful and good.

Girl Korean Names: B

Bada – means ocean.

Baram – means wind.

Bitna – means shining.

Bora – means purple.

Bong-Cha – means the ultimate girl.

Girl Korean Names: C

Chae-Won – comes from the Sino Korean 采 (chae) meaning "collect, gather, pluck" or 彩 (chae) meaning "colour" combined with 原 (won), which means "source, origin, beginning". Other hanja combinations can also form this name.

Chae-Yeong – comes from

Chin-Sun – means the one who seeks honesty and goodness in everything.

Cho – this simple name means beautiful.

Chun-Ja – comes from the Sino Korean chun “spring” and ja meaning “child”. Chun-ja was the tenth-most popular name for Korean girls born in 1940. The same characters can be read Haruko in Japanese. It is one of several Japanese-style names ending in ja that were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule but declined in popularity afterwards.

Girl Korean Names: D

Da – means “to attain”.

Dae – means the great one or shinning.

Dahye – means love, grace, excellent and beautiful.

Dasom – means love or a lovely person.

Doh – means the accomplished one.

Girl Korean Names: E

Eui – means righteousness.

Eun Ae – means grace with love.

Eun-Byul – comes from the Sino Korean eun, which means “silver” or “grace, favour, gratitude” combined with the native Korean word 별 that means “star”.

Eun-Hui – comes from the Sino Korean eun that means “silver”, “kindness, mercy, charity” or “many great, abundant, flourishing” and hui means “beauty”, “dim, light, glimmer, warm, bright” or even “joy, gladness, delight”.

Eu-Kyung – means a graceful gem.

Girl Korean Names: G

Ga-Yeon – comes from the Sino Korean ga, which means “good, auspicious, beautiful, delightful”, and yeon, meaning “beautiful, graceful”.

Gi – means the one who’s brave.

Geun-Hye – comes from the Sino Korean geun, which means “hibiscus” and hye, meaning “favor, benefit, confer kindness”.

Gyeong-Hui – comes from the Sino Korean 敬 (gyeong) meaning "respect, honour" and 姬 (hui) meaning "beauty". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

Gyeong-Ja – comes from the Sino Korean 慶 (gyeong) meaning "congratulate, celebrate" or 敬 (gyeong) meaning "respect, honour" combined with 子 (ja) meaning "child". This name can be formed of other hanja character combinations as well. Korean feminine names ending with the character 子 (a fashionable name suffix in Japan, read as -ko in Japanese) became less popular after the Japanese rule of Korea ended in 1945.

Girl Korean Names: H

Ha-Eun – comes from the Sino Korean ha meaning “summer, great, grand, big” and eun meaning “kindness, mercy, charity”. The first syllable can also come from 하나님 (Hana-nim), the Korean name for God, for meanings like “God’s grace”.

Ha-Yoon – was the 5th most popular name for new-born girls in Korea in 2015. Famous bearers of this name include actress Song Ha-yoon, and Lee Ha-Yoon from the girl band Brave Girls.”

Hae – means ocean-like daughter.

Hee-Young – means joy and prosperity but also a girl who brings joy and prosperity wherever she goes.

Hei Ryung – means grace and brightness.

Girl Korean Names: I

Iseul – means dew or the one with nature or prince of nature.

Girl Korean Names: J

Jae-Hwa – means respect and beauty but also the one who is rich and prosperous.

Jee – means to know or wisdom.

Jin Ae – means truth, treasure, and love.

Jin-Kyong – means “truth, treasure and brightness”.

Ji-Woo – means sesame or will, purpose and ambition. Woo means rain or house, eaves, universe. The unisex name, Ju-Woo was the eighth most popular baby name for girls in South Korea in 2008. It got to 5th place in 2011, and 3rd place in 2013 and 2015.

Girl Korean Names: K

Ki – means the one who has arisen.

Kwan – means strong.

Kyung-Mi – means honoured and beauty.

Kyung-Soon – means honoured and mild.

Kyung-Hu – means the girl in the capital.

Girl Korean Names: M

Mae – means beauty or a beautiful woman.

Mishil – means a beautiful kingdom or a, admired dynasty.

Mun-Hee – means an educated and literate girl.

Myung-Hee – means brightness and pleasure.

Myung-Ok – means a bright pearl.

Girl Korean Names: N

Nam – means south.

Nam Kyu – means southern.

Nari – means my lily flower.

Girl Korean Names: R

Ryung – means brightness.

Girl Korean Names: S

Sang-Hee – means benevolence and pleasure.

Seo-Yun – means felicitous omen, soft and sleek. This name was the most popular name for girls in 2015. A famous bearer of this name is Ji Seo-yun, a South Korean actress.

Seo-Yeon – means felicitous omen, beautiful and graceful. Seo-Yeon was the most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 2008 and 2009. It also became a popular choice for adult women who wanted to change their original one.

Seo-Hyeon – comes from the Sino Korean 瑞 (seo), meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious" combined with 賢 (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, able". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well. It was the 4th most popular baby name for girls in South Korea in 2008, and it became the 3rd most popular in 2009. Famous bearers of this name include singer and actress Seohyun (from Girls Generation), singer Katie Kim, and actress Ahn Seo-hyun.

So Young – means eternal, beautiful and prosperity.

Girl Korean Names: T

Tae – means love or considerable.

Taehee – means big hope.

W

Whan – means always enlarging.

Wook – means sunrise.

Woong – means grand and magnificent one.

Girl Korean Names: Y

Yeong-Hui – comes from the Sino Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero" or 泳 (yeong) meaning "dive, swim" combined with 姬 (hui) meaning "beauty" or 嬉 (hui) meaning "enjoy, play". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well.

Yong – means brave or perpetual and eternal.

Yun – means the Lotus flower.

Yu-Mi – comes from the Sino Korean 有 (yu) meaning "have, possess" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other hanja character combinations can also form this name.

Yun-Seo – comes from the Sino Korean 尹 (yun), meaning "govern" or 允 (yun) meaning "allow, consent" combined with 序 (seo) meaning "series, sequence", as well as other hanja character combinations.