Seung (Korean given name)

Seung, also spelled Sung, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names.

People

People with the single-syllable given name Seung include:

• Myŏng SÅ­ng, the Korean name of Ming Sheng, the last Ming Xia emperor who was exiled to Korea
• Sŏng SÅ­ng (died 1456), Joseon dynasty soldier
• Park Seung (born 1936), South Korean banker
• Suh Sung (born 1945), Zainichi Korean who was held as a political prisoner in South Korea for 19 years

As a name element

First syllable

• Seung-ah
• Seung-chul
• Seung-eun
• Seung-gi
• Seung-hee
• Seung-heon
• Seung-hwa
• Seung-hwan
• Seung-hyun, which was the 10th-most popular given name for newborn boys in 1990
• Seung-ho
• Seung-hoon
• Seung-jae
• Seung-jun
• Seung-min
• Seung-soo
• Seung-won
• Seung-woo
• Seung-yeon
• Seung-yong
• Seung-yoon

Second syllable

• Hyun-seung

See also

• List of Korean given names

References