Myung
Myung (Korean: 명), also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name and a Korean given name.
Family name
The surname Myung is cognate with the Chinese surname Ming, written with the hanja 明, meaning "bright" or "brilliance".[1] The 2000 South Korean census estimated that 26,746 people had 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 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.[3]
People with this family name include:
- Ming Yuzhen (1328–1366), Ming Xia Dynasty emperor, founder of several Myung clans
- Myoung Bok-hee (born 1979), South Korean handball player, Olympic silver medalist
- Myong Cha-hyon (born 1990), North Korean football player
- Myong Dong-chan (1948–1999), North Korean football player
- Myung Hyung-seo (born 2001), South Korean singer, member of CLASS:y
- Myung Jaehyun (born 2003), South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter, member of BoyNextDoor
- Myung Jae-nam (1939–1999), South Korean hapkido practitioner
- Myung Ji-yun (born 1975), South Korean actress
- John Myung (born 1967), American bassist, founder of Dream Theater
- John Myung, American accountant and poker player
- Myung Jun-jae (born 1994), South Korean football player
- Myung Kwang-sik (1940–2009), South Korean hapkido practitioner
- Myung Kyungjae (born 1968), South Korean biologist
- Myung Rye-hyun (born 1929), North Korean football manager
- Myung Se-bin (born 1975), South Korean actress
- Myung Tae-kyun (born 1970), South Korean businessman and journalist
Given name
People with the given name Myung include:
- Yun Myŏng (fl. 15th century), Joseon Dynasty scholar-official
See also
References
- ↑ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean family names]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ↑ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 58. Retrieved 22 October 2015.