Sang (Korean name)
Sang (Korean: 상) is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.
Family name
As a family name, Sang may be written with only one hanja, meaning "yet" or "still" (尙; 오히려 상 ohiryeo sang). The 2000 South Korean Census found 2,298 people and 702 households with this family name. All but five of those listed a single bongwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members): Mokcheon (today Mokcheon-eup), Dongnam District, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. One person listed a different bongwan, while four others had their bongwan listed as unknown.[1] They claim descent from Sang Guk-jin (상국진; 尙國珍), an official of the early Goryeo period who was born in Mokcheon and rose to the post of jangri (장리; 長吏) there.[2][3]
Given name
People with the single-syllable Korean given name Sang include:
- Yi Sang (1910–1937), birth name Kim Haikyung, Korean writer of the Japanese colonial period
- Ku Sang (1919–2004), South Korean poet
- Chang Sang (born 1939), South Korean politician, country's first female prime minister
As a name element
Two names beginning with this syllable were popular names for newborn South Korean boys in the mid-20th century: Sang-chul (10th place in 1950) and Sang-hoon (9th place in 1960 and 1970).[4] Names containing this syllable include:
See also
References
- ^ "행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bongwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "성씨유래검색: 상(尙)". Daejeon: Jokbo Museum. Retrieved 1 September 2017. The Jokbo Museum cites the following work for their pages on family names: 김진우 (2009). 한국인 의 역사 [The History of Koreans]. 春秋筆法 [Chunchu Pilbeop]. OCLC 502157619.
- ^ "목천상씨(木川尙氏)" [Mokcheon Sang clan]. Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.