Kyung-won (name)

Kyung-won, also spelled Kyong-won, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 74 hanja with the reading "kyung"[1] and 46 hanja with the reading "won"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

Kyung-won
Hangul
경원
Hanja
敬元, 敬媛, 卿瑗, and others
Revised RomanizationGyeong-won
McCune–ReischauerKyŏngwŏn
IPA[gjʌŋwʌn], [kjʌŋwʌn]

People with this name include:

  • Park Kyung-won (1901–1933), Korea's first female aviator
  • K. W. Lee (born 1928), Korean-born American male journalist
  • Kyongwon Ahn (born 1937), Korean-born American male taekwondo master
  • Na Kyung-won (born 1963), South Korean female politician and lawyer
  • Moon Kyungwon (born 1969), South Korean female artist
  • Lee Kyung-won (born 1980), South Korean female badminton player
  • Yoon Kyung-won (born 1982), South Korean male ice hockey player
  • Kwon Kyung-won (born 1992), South Korean male footballer
  • Kim Kyung-won, member of late 1980s and early 1990s South Korean heavy metal band Sinawe
  • Gang Gyeong-won (born 1997), formerly known as Yuha, South Korean female singer, former member of girl groups PRISTIN and HINAPIA

See also

References
  1. 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "경"
  2. 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "원"
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