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Hangul
  
일성

Revised Romanization
  
Il-seong

Hanja
  
一成, 日成, 逸聖, and others

McCune–Reischauer
  
Il-sŏng

Il-sung, also spelled Il-seong, is a Korean male given name. It was the fifth-most popular name for baby boys in 1940, according to South Korean government data. One common pair of hanja used to write the name (一成) may also be read as a Japanese male given name Kazunari.

People with this name include

  • Kazunari Okayama, birth name Kang Il-sung (born 1978), Japanese football player
  • Kim Il-sung (1912–1994), North Korea's first leader and dictator
  • Ilseong of Silla (r. 134–154), Silla Dynasty ruler during Korea's Three Kingdoms period
  • References

    Il-sung Wikipedia