Jung-nam

Jung-nam, also spelled Jeong-nam or Jong-nam, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja and meaning

There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" and five hanja with the reading "nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

(; ), meaning "righteous man". The same characters are also used to write the Japanese masculine given name Masao.

According to South Korean government data, Jung-nam was the eighth-most popular name for newborn boys in 1945.

People

People with this name include:

Entertainers

(born 1983), South Korean model and TV personality

Sportspeople

Baek Jeong-nam (1936–2005), South Korean basketball player

Kim Jung-nam (born 1943), South Korean football manager

Kim Jeong-nam (rower) (born 1963), South Korean rower

Go Jung-nam (born 1975), South Korean fencer

Yoo Jung-nam (born 1983), South Korean swimmer

Hong Jeong-nam (born 1988), South Korean footballer

Other

Son Jong-nam (1958–2008), North Korean defector and Christian missionary

Jang Jong-nam (born 1960s), North Korean general

Kim Jong-nam (1971–2017), eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il

Mun Jong-nam, North Korean diplomat

See also

List of Korean given names

References

Korean masculine given names

Masculine given names