Sung won

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Hangul 성원 Revised Romanization Seong-won		Hanja 聖源, 誠源 and others McCune–Reischauer Sŏng'wŏn

Sung-won, also spelled Seong-won, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" and 35 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.

People with this name include:

Yu Seong-won (died 1456), Joseon Dynasty scholar-official

Hong Sung-won (born 1937), South Korean writer

Sung Won Sohn (born 1944), South Korean-born American economist

Oh Sung-won (born 1972), South Korean musical theatre actor

Choi Sung-won (billiards player) (born 1977), South Korean billiards player

Hwang Geum-hee (born 1977), South Korean actress formerly known by the stage name Ji Sung-won

Choi Sung-won (actor) (born 1985), South Korean actor

Park Seong-won, 20th and 21st-century South Korean theologian

Sung-Won Yang, 21st-century South Korean cellist

References

Sung-won Wikipedia

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