Gayoung 가영
Gayoung is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 가영. 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 3,741 different ways.
Other spellings
The same name is romanized in several ways: Gayoung, Ga-young. They are all 가영.
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.
- 가 (starts with ㄱ)→Woodgrowth, reaching outward, new beginnings
- 영 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
Hanja used for Gayoung
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.
가43 characters can be used
- 可right, proper옳을 가
- 家house집 가
- 佳beautiful아름다울 가
- 假false, fake거짓 가
- 嘏big클 가
- 歌song노래 가
- 加add, increase더할 가
- 架shelf, rack시렁 가
영87 characters can be used
- 永long, recite길 영/읊을 영
- 榮glory, flower영화 영/꽃 영
- 英flower petal꽃부리 영
- 令cause, order하여금 령(영)
- 映shine비칠 영
- 營manage경영할 영
- 寧peaceful, stable편안할 녕(영)
- 靈spirit신령 령(영)
Names sharing a syllable
Gayoung 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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