Boram 보람
Boram is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 보람. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 570 different ways.
Other spellings
The same name is romanized in several ways: Boram, Bo-ram. They are all 보람.
Five Elements (Ohaeng)
In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.
- 보 (starts with ㅂ)→Waterdepth, adaptability, quiet strength
- 람 (starts with ㄹ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility
Hanja used for Boram
These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.
보30 characters can be used
- 寶treasure보배 보
- 報repay, report갚을 보
- 補mend, patch기울 보
- 保protect, keep; swaddling cloth; small castle지킬 보/포대기 보/작은 성 보
- 普wide넓을 보
- 步step, walk걸음 보
- 甫big클 보
- 輔assist, help; cheekbone도울 보/광대뼈 보
람19 characters can be used
- 藍indigo쪽 람(남)
- 覽see, look볼 람(남)
- 濫overflow넘칠 람(남)
- 嵐mountain mist남기 람(남)
- 攬take, hold가질 람(남)
- 籃bamboo basket대바구니 람(남)
- 藍indigo쪽 람(남)
- 婪greedy탐할 람(남)
Names sharing a syllable
Boram belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.
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