Seoyoung 서영

Seoyoung is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 서영. 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 4,959 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Seoyoung, Seo-young. They are all 서영.

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.

  • 서 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 영 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Seoyoung

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.

서57 characters can be used

  • 瑞auspicious상서 서
  • 書writing글 서
  • 徐slow, unhurried천천히 할 서
  • 序order, sequence차례 서
  • 敍order, sequence차례 서
  • 豫spread out펼 서
  • 舒spread out펼 서
  • 抒untangle풀 서

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

Seoyoung 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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