Yudam 유담

Yudam is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 유담. 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 4,060 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Yudam, Yu-dam. They are all 유담.

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.

  • (starts with )Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
  • (starts with )Firebrightness, passion, visibility

Hanja used for Yudam

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.

116 characters can be used

  • exist있을 유
  • reason, cause말미암을 유
  • soft, gentle부드러울 유
  • abundant넉넉할 유
  • urge, recommend권할 유
  • lenient너그러울 유
  • still, monkey오히려 유/원숭이 유
  • rope, only벼리 유/오직 유

35 characters can be used

  • beautiful아름다울 담
  • carry멜 담
  • clear, pure맑을 담
  • speak말씀 담
  • gallbladder쓸개 담
  • pond못 담
  • clear, pure맑을 담
  • deep깊을 담

Names sharing a syllable

Yudam 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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