In (Korean name)

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In
Hangul
Hanja Family/given:

Given name only


𣍃𦟘
Revised Romanization In
McCune–Reischauer In

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.

Family name

As a family name, In may be written with one hanja, meaning "mark" or "seal" (; 도장 인). It has one bon-gwan: Donggyo, in what is today Seoul, South 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

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