Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Family name

The surname Myeong is derived from the Chinese surname Ming, written with the hanja , meaning "bright" or "brilliance". The 2000 South Korean census estimated that 26,746 people had this family name. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 62.1% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Myung in their passports. The Revised Romanisation spelling Myeong was in second place at 18.9%, while another 16.2% used the spelling Myoung. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.8%) included Myeoung. People with this family name include: *

Myoung Bok-hee Myoung Bok-Hee (born January 29, 1979), also spelled as Myeong Bok-hui, is a South Korean handball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), ...

(born 1979), South Korean team handball player * Myung Hyung-seo (born 2001), South Korean singer, member of girl group Classy * Myung Jae-nam (1939–1999), South Korean hapkido practitioner *

Myung Ji-yun Myung Ji-yun (명지연, born 1975) is a South Korean actress. Television * 2018: ''The Undateables'' * 2018: ''Misty'' * 2014: '' Everybody, Kimchi!'' - Im Soo-jin * 2010: '' Athena: Goddess of War'' - Hong Soo-jin * 2009: ''Iris'' - Hong Soo ...

(born 1975), South Korean actress * John Myung (born 1967), American bassist of Korean descent, founder of

Dream Theater Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of the ...

John Myung (poker player) John Myung is an American accountant and poker player of Korean descent, based in Vienna, Virginia. Before poker Myung graduated from Cornell University. He was training to be a medical doctor in Manhattan but quit as he did not wish to commit ...

, American poker player of Korean descent * Myung Kwang-sik (1940–2009), South Korean hapkido practitioner *

Myung Rye-hyun Myung Rye-hyun ( ko, 명례현; born 14 April 1926) is a North Korean football player and manager. He was the manager of the North Korea national football team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cu ...

(born 1929), North Korean football manager *

Myung Se-bin Myung Se-bin (born April 10, 1975) is a South Korean actress from the Seochok Myeong clan. A textile graduate from Dongduk Women's University, Myung was spotted in 1996 at a department store in Seoul by singer Shin Seung-hun, who cast her in his ...

(born 1975), South Korean actress

Given name

Hanja

There are 19 hanja with the reading "myeong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. # (이름 명 ''ireum myeong''): "name" # (목숨 명 ''moksum myeong''): "life" # (밝을 명 ''balgeul myeong''): "bright" # (울 명 ''ul myeong''): "cry", "chirp" # (새길 명 ''saegil myeong''): "inscription" # (바다 명 ''bada myeong''): "sea" # (저물 명 ''jeomul myeong''): "to darken" # (홈통 명 ''homtong myeong''): "drainpipe" # (그릇 명 ''geureut myeong''): "dish" # (눈 감을 명 ''nun gameul myeong''): "to close one's eyes" # (차 싹 명 ''cha ssak myeong''): "tea plant" # (명협 명 ''myeonghyeop myeong''): # (멸구 명 ''myeolgu myeong''): "

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" # (술 취할 명 ''sul chwihal myeong''): "drunk" # (너그러울 명 ''neogeureoul myeong''): "generous" # (강 이름 명 ''gang ireum myeong''): name of a river # (밝을 명 ''balgeul myeong''): "bright" # (초명새 명 ''chomyeongsae myeong''): a legendary bird # (어두울 명 ''eoduul myeong''): "dark"

People

People with the single-syllable given name Myung include: *

Yun Myeong Yun Myeong (?-?) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 15th century. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in a diplomatic mission to the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan. 1406 mission to Japan King ...

(fl. 15th century), Joseon Dynasty scholar-official

As name element

One name containing this element,

Myung-sook Myung-sook, also spelled Myeong-sook or Myong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "myung" and 13 hanja with the reading " sook" o ...

, was the fifth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950. Names containing this element include: * Myung-hee (unisex) * Myung-hoon (masculine) * Myung-hwa (feminine) *

Myung-hwan Myung-hwan is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojo ...

(masculine) * Myung-jun (masculine) * Myung-ok (feminine) * Myung-soo (masculine) *

(feminine) * Myung-soon (feminine) * Myung-yong (masculine) *

Jung-myung Jung-myung is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" and 19 hanja with the reading "myung" on the South Korean government's official ...

(masculine)

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