Yugyeom 유겸

Yugyeom is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 유겸. 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 1,972 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Yugyeom, Yu-gyeom. They are all 유겸.

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 )Woodgrowth, reaching outward, new beginnings

Hanja used for Yugyeom

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

17 characters can be used

  • combine, concurrently겸할 겸
  • humble, modest겸손할 겸
  • poor harvest흉년 들 겸
  • unsatisfied찐덥지 않을 겸
  • sickle낫 겸
  • knife, keep silent칼 겸/입다물 겸
  • attend, serve시중들 겸
  • silk fabric합사 비단 겸

Names sharing a syllable

Yugyeom 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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