Hangul 용 McCune–Reischauer Yong | Revised Romanization Yong | |
Hanja Family or given:
龍: "dragon"
Given name only:
用: "use"
勇: "brave"
容: "appearance" | ||
Yong is a Korean family name, as well as a character in some Korean given names. As a family name, it may also be spelled Ryong.
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As a family name
Most hanja with the reading Yong are pronounced that way in all dialects of Korean. However, the character used to write the family name (龍, meaning "dragon"), is also read as Ryong and spelled as such in hangul (룡). This is the standard reading in North Korea and among Koreans in China. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on a sample of year 2007 applications for South Korean passports, it was found that 97% of people with this surname chose to have it spelled it in Latin letters as Yong, while 3% chose to spell it Young, and none spelled it Ryong.
The 2000 South Korean Census found 14,067 people and 4,320 households with this family name. They identified with the following bon-gwan (the hometown of a clan lineage, not necessary the actual residence of the clan members):
People with this family name include:
In given names
Yong is an element in some given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 24 hanja with the reading "yong" and one with the reading "ryong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; common ones are listed in the table above.
People
People with the single-syllable given name Yong or Ryong include:
As name element
Names containing this element include: