Yeongseo 영서

Yeongseo is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 영서. 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: Yeongseo, Yeong-seo. They are all 영서.

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.

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

Hanja used for Yeongseo

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.

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)

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

Names sharing a syllable

Yeongseo 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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