Korean Baby Names
Korean baby names carry the sound, history and meaning of the Korean naming tradition. Our collection holds 408 Korean names, 200 for boys and 196 for girls, each with its own meaning, origin notes, popularity and numerology. Browse the names below and follow any one for its full profile.
Whether you are drawn to Korean names for heritage, for their sound, or simply for a meaning that resonates, this page is a living list that grows as we research and add more. Names are shown with the most prominent first.
How Korean names are chosen
Korean given names are usually two syllables, and traditionally only one of them is really 'yours'. The other is the dollimja, a generational syllable shared by every sibling and paternal cousin of the same generation — which is why siblings so often sound alike. Which syllable falls to which generation is not improvised: it is recorded in advance in the family's jokbo, the genealogy book, and frequently rotates through the five elements, each generation's syllable carrying the hanja radical for the next element in the cycle. Urban families follow the system loosely now, but it is still live in more traditional households.
Most Korean names are written in hangul day to day but derive from hanja, so a name has a Korean sound and a separate Chinese-character meaning behind it.
Korean names & meanings
DaewonA great garden — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 8DasomLove, affection — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 7DawonAn abundant garden — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 3GaramA river — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 22HaneulThe sky, the heavens — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 7HayanWhite and pure — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 22HayeonA summer lotus — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 5HoseokBright and steadfast as stone — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 1HyejuA graceful pearl — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 6HyunjuA wise pearl — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 9HyunjunWise and talented — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 5HyunminVirtuous and clever — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 5JaeyoonTalent that governs gently — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 4JihoWisdom and brightness — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 6JihuOne who protects with wisdom — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 3JiyeonWisdom and beauty like a lotus — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 33NakyungGraceful and respected — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 3NariLily — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 6SeoyunAuspicious like a lotus — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 9SeungbinA refined victory — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 1SewonA new origin — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 22SungjaeAn accomplished talent — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 5TaejunGreat and handsome — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 8YejiTalent and wisdom — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 22YejuAn artful pearl — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 7YunhoPermitted greatness — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 11AeinA sweetheart — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 2AraThe ocean; beautiful — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 11AreumBeauty — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 22ArinWise and graceful — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 6BeomjunA talented model of virtue — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 8BitnaTo shine, radiant — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 1BoahA graceful treasure — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 8BoeunA graceful treasure — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 3BohyeA graceful treasure — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 1BomSpring — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 3BomiSpring beauty — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 3BominA clever spring — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 8BoramWorthwhile, rewarding — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 22BoyeongA treasured glory — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 11ByunghoBright and great — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 11ChaeheeColorful joy — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 8ChaehyunColorful and virtuous — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 4ChaerimA colorful jade forest — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 3ChaerinGathered like a jewel — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 4ChaeryeongColorful and clever — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 11ChaeunGraceful kindness — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 7ChaewonShining; origin of brilliance — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 33ChaeyeonGathered beauty like a lotus — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 4ChaeyeongColorful glory — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 11ChaeyoungRadiant glory — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 9ChaeyulA colorful melody — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 3ChaeyunA colorful softness — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 5ChorongShining, twinkling — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 8DabinGreat and refined — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 3DaehanGreat and vast — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 6DaehyunGreat and virtuous — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 33DaejunA great talent — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 1DaeunGreat kindness and grace — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 9DaeyoungA great glory — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 11DahaeGrace like the ocean — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 1DaheeAbundant joy — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 5DahyeGreat wisdom and grace — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 7DahyeonAbundant virtue — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 9DahyunGreat virtue and brightness — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 1DainAbundant benevolence — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 1DaminAbundantly clever — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 5DaonGoodness comes — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 7DayeonA great and beautiful lotus — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 1DoahOne who reaches beauty — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 1DoeunA path of grace — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 5DoheeThe joy of the path — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 1DohunA meritorious path — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 8DohyunThe virtuous path — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 33DohyungA model of the path — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 4DonghaeThe eastern sea — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 9DonghyunThe virtuous east — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 9DoyeonA lotus path — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 33DoyoonPath and allowing; to govern gently — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 7DoyunOne who governs the path — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 7EunbiKindness and light — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 6EunbyeolA graceful star — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 9EunchaeKindness and brilliant colour — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 3EunhaThe Milky Way — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 22EunhoGreat kindness — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 9EunhyeKindness and grace — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 33EunjiKindness and wisdom — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 5EunseoKindness and good fortune — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 7EunwooGrace and the universe — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 3EunyoungA graceful glory — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 5GarinFull of grace — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 4GeonStrong as the heavens — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 5GunwooThe foundation of the universe — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 5HabinA refined summer brilliance — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 7HaerinGraceful jade — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 1HaeunGrace; summer kindness — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 22HaewonA graceful origin — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 3HajunGreat and talented — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 9HanbyulOne star — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 11HaramHeaven's wish — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 5HarinA summer jade — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 5HayoonPermitting greatness — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 33HayoungA summer flower in bloom — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 1HayulA flowing summer melody — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 22HayunA summer lotus — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 6HojinGreat and precious truth — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 11HojunGreat and talented — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 5HoyeonA great, handsome one — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 1HoyoungA great glory — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 6HyebinGraceful and refined — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 9HyeinA benevolent grace — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 7HyejinWisdom and precious truth — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 8HyejungGraceful and serene — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 9HyemiGrace and beauty — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 33HyeminGraceful and clever — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 11HyeonaA virtuous one — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 5HyeonjinVirtuous and precious — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 1HyeonjunWise and talented — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 4HyeonseungA wise victory — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 7HyeonuWise and of the universe — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 7HyeonwooA virtuous universe — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 3HyeriVirtuous and beautiful — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 11HyesooGraceful excellence — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 33HyewonGrace and beauty at the source — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 9HyeyeonA graceful lotus — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 7HyojeongFilial and serene — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 9HyojinDevoted and precious — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 9HyojungDevoted and serene — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 1HyukjinA radiant treasure — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 8HyukwooA radiant universe — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 1HyunVirtuous, worthy, able — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 5HyunaVirtuous and pretty — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 6HyunbinWise and refined — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 3HyungjinA precious model — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 9HyungjunA talented model — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 3HyungseokA model rock — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 8HyungwooA model universe — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 11HyunjaeA virtuous talent — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 3HyunjeongVirtuous and serene — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 11HyunjiWise and knowing — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 33HyunjinWise and precious — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 11HyunjungWise and affectionate — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 3HyunkiA virtuous radiance — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 7HyunkyuA virtuous standard — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 8HyunseoVirtuous and auspicious — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 8HyunseokA virtuous rock — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 1HyunsikVirtuous growth — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 8HyunsooWise and excellent — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 9HyunsungA virtuous accomplishment — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 3HyunwooWise and of the universe — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 4HyunwookA virtuous brightness — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 6HyunyoungVirtuous glory — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 6JaebinProsperous and refined — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 5JaeheeRespectful and shining — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 7JaehoGreat and prosperous — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 3JaehongA prosperous, grand one — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 33JaehoonProsperous merit — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 5JaehunProsperous merit — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 5JaehwanBright with respect and wealth — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 8JaehyeokProsperous radiance — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 8
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Frequently Asked Questions
+What are some popular Korean baby names?
Well-known Korean names in our collection include Daewon, Dasom, Dawon, Garam, Haneul. Each name links to a full profile with its meaning, origin, popularity and numerology.
+How many Korean names are listed here?
We currently list 408 Korean names — 200 for boys and 196 for girls, and the collection grows regularly as we research and add more.
+How do I choose a Korean name?
Start from the meaning you want for your child, then read the full profile for pronunciation, popularity and sibling-name ideas. You can also use our name, sibling and middle-name tools to refine your shortlist.