Seol (also spelled as Sul or Sol) is a

Korean family name This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) denotes South Korea. (N) denotes North Korea. The most common Korean family name (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee and Park. These three family na ...

, spelled 설 in

hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...

and 薛 or 偰 in

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

People who have this name include

* Seol Sa (Won Hyo) (617 – 686), Silla Dynasty monk *

Seol Chong Seol Chong (650 - 730 AD) was a leading scholar of the Unified Silla period from the Gyeongju Seol clan. He studied Confucian writings and the related Chinese classics. He is also known by the courtesy name Chongji and the pen name Bingwoldang. ...

(650 – 730), Silla Dynasty scholar *

Sol Kyung-gu Sol Kyung-gu (born May 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in ''Public Enemy'' film series, ''Peppermint Candy'', ''Oasis'', '' Silmido'', ''Hope'' and '' The Merciless''. Career Sol was born in Seocheon on May 1, 1 ...

(born 1968), South Korean actor *

Seol Ki-hyeon Seol Ki-hyeon (born 8 January 1979) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a winger, and who currently is the manager of Gyeongnam FC. He is also the first South Korean footballer to score in the history of the UEFA C ...

(born 1979), South Korean football player *

Seol In-ah Seol In-ah (; born Bang Ye-rin (방예린); January 3, 1996), is a South Korean actress best known for her leading roles in television series '' Sunny Again Tomorrow'' (2018), ''Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life'' (2019), and '' Business Proposal'' ...

(born 1996), South Korean actress

Lineages

The Korean family name Seol can be written with either of two homophonous

. Each of those three are broken down into a number of clans, identified by their ''

bon-gwan Bon-gwan (or Bongwan) is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Confucian country, this clan system is similar to ancient Chinese ...

'' (clan hometown, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members), which indicate different lineages.

More common (薛)

(맑은대쑥 설 ''malgeundaessuk seol'') is more common of the two names.

Less common (偰)

(맑을 설 ''malgeul seol'') is less common of the two Seol names. {{surname Korean-language surnames