Nam-seon, also spelled Nam-sun, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are five hanja with the reading "nam" and 41 hanja with the reading "
seon Seon may refer to:
* Seon, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Aargau
* ''Seon'', a type of arranged marriage in South Korea
* Korean Seon, a Zen school of Korean Buddhism
* Seon (food), steamed vegetable dishes with fillings in Korean cui ...
" on the
South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
People with this name include:
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Choe Nam-seon (1890–1957), Korean male historian and independence activist
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Ryu Soo-young (born 1979 as Eo Nam-seon), South Korean male actor
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Kim Nam-sun
Kim Nam-sun (; born May 3, 1981) is a South Korean handball player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an interna ...
(born 1981), South Korean female handball player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
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Korean unisex given names