In (Korean name)

In is an uncommon Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

In
Hangul
인
Hanja
Revised RomanizationIn
McCune–ReischauerIn

Family name

As a family name, In may be written with one hanja, meaning "mark" or "seal" (印; 도장 인). It has two bon-gwan: Kyodong, which is an island in Incheon and Yonan, North Korea.[1] The 2000 South Korean census found 20,635 people with this family name.[2] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 86.9% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as In in their passports. Alternative spellings (the remaining 13.1%) included Yin.[3]

People with this family name include:

Given name

There are 29 hanja with the reading "in" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are listed in the table at right.[4]

People with the single-syllable given name In include:

  • Song In (died 1126), Goryeo Dynasty male civil official
  • Hwangbo In (died 1453), Joseon Dynasty male civil official
  • Kim In (born 1943), South Korean male Go player
  • Lee In (volleyball) (born 1952), South Korean male volleyball player
  • Lee In (actor) (born 1984), South Korean male actor
  • Cui Ren (Korean name Choe In, born 1989), Chinese football player of Korean descent

One name containing this element, In-sook, was the 8th-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1950.[5] Names containing this element include:

See also

References
  1. "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean family names]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  3. 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 60. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  5. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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