Yu-bin

Yu-bin, also spelled Yoo-bin, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

This article is about the given name. For people with the surname Yu and the given name Bin, see Yu Bin (disambiguation).
Yu-bin
Hangul
유빈
Hanja
幼彬, 有彬, 愈彬, 婑斌, and others
Revised RomanizationYubin
McCune–ReischauerYu-bin

Hanja and meaning

There are 62 hanja with the reading "yu" and 25 hanja with the reading "bin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • 有彬 (있을 유; isseul yu; 빛날 빈; binnal bin): "possessing elegance"[2]
  • 婑斌 (아리따울 유; arittaul yu; 빛날 빈; binnal bin): "charming and elegant" (斌 is a variant of 彬)[3]

People

People with this name include:

  • Kim Yu-bin (musician) (born 1988), South Korean female singer and rapper from Wonder Girls.
  • Song Yuvin (born Song Yu-bin, 1998), South Korean male singer
  • Lee Yu-bin (born 2001), South Korean female short track speed skater
  • Kim Yoo-bin (actress) (born 2005), South Korean actress
  • Bae Yoo-bin (born 1997), stage name Binnie, South Korean female singer, member of girl group Oh My Girl
  • Lee Yoo-bin (born 1997), stage name Dami, South Korean female singer, member of girl group Dreamcatcher

See also

References
  1. 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. "[My Name] 오마이걸 (2) 승희, 지호, 비니, 아린" [My Name (2): Seunghee, Jiho, Binnie, Arin]. Korea Economic Daily. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. "斌". Naver Hanja Dictionary. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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