Nayoung 나영

Nayoung is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 나영. 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 3,567 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Nayoung, Na-young. They are all 나영.

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.

  • 나 (starts with ㄴ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility
  • 영 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Nayoung

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.

나41 characters can be used

  • 娜beautiful아름다울 나
  • 羅net그물 라(나)
  • 那how, what어찌 나
  • 拿grasp, seize잡을 나
  • 奈how, what어찌 나
  • 柰how, what어찌 나
  • 拏hold fast붙잡을 나
  • 蓏fruit열매 라(나)

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

Nayoung 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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