Hangul 승 McCune–Reischauer Sŭng | Revised Romanization Seung | |
Hanja 乘: "ascend"
承: "inherit"
勝: "victory"
昇: "ascend"
僧: "monk" | ||
Seung is the Revised Romanisation spelling of an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used.
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As a surname
The 2000 South Korean census found 3,304 people with the surname Seung. There are two hanja which may be used to write the surname Seung: one meaning "inherit" (承), and the other meaning "ascend" (昇). For the former, there are two bon-gwan, Yeonil and Gwangsan. For the latter, there are also two bon-gwan, Changpyeong and Namwon.
Korean people with the surname Seung include:
In given names
There are 15 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; the most common ones are listed in the table above. One name beginning with this syllable, Seung-hyun, was the 10th-most common name for newborn boys in South Korea in 1990. Names which begin with this syllable:
Names which end with this syllable:
People with the single-syllable given name Seung include: