Kyung won (name)

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Hangul 경원 Revised Romanization Gyeong-won		Hanja 敬元, 敬媛, 卿瑗, and others McCune–Reischauer Kyŏng'wŏn

Kyung-won, also spelled Kyong-won, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 35 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:

Park Kyung-won (1901–1933), Korea's first female aviator

K. W. Lee (born 1928), Korean-born American male journalist

Kyongwon Ahn (born 1937), Korean-born American male taekwondo master

Na Kyung-won (born 1963), South Korean female politician and lawyer

Moon Kyungwon (born 1969), South Korean female artist

Lee Kyung-won (born 1980), South Korean female badminton player

Yoon Kyung-won (born 1982), South Korean male ice hockey player

Kwon Kyung-won (born 1992), South Korean male footballer

Kim Kyung-won, member of late 1980s and early 1990s South Korean heavy metal band Sinawe

References

Kyung-won (name) Wikipedia

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