Korean Names That Start With A (Boys, Girls, Last Names)

For surnames, An is by far the biggest A option, at about 1.3 percent of South Koreans. I have hand-picked a list of Korean names that start with A and their meanings are also included.

List Of Korean Girl Names That Start With A And Their Meanings:

Aenghwa

Cherry blossom (櫻花).

Awon

雅媛 is symbolizing a cultured young woman.

Aegeum

Love and zither (愛琴). Chinese writes Aegean Sea as 愛琴海, “love-zither sea.”

Aji

雅芝: refined lingzhi, mushroom of long life in East Asian herbals.

Ahwang

Ahwang (AH-hwang) – Means “beautiful empress.” In Chinese myth, 娥皇, Ehuang, married sage-king Shun with her sister Nüying.

Arang

“Dear maiden.” Arang was a Miryang magistrate’s daughter who returned as a ghost and asked each new magistrate for justice.

Aerye

It comes from 愛 and 禮, love and courtesy.

Aesu

Love and excellence (愛秀). As 哀愁, aesu was the title for the film Waterloo Bridge.

Aeyeop

Mugwort leaf (艾葉). In Dangun’s myth, a bear eats mugwort and garlic in a cave and transforms in a woman after twenty-one days.

Anun

A cloud at rest (安雲).

Ahui

“bright/graceful.”

Anseul

calm/peace.zither/lute

Aechae

It combines love and color.

Aeseong

Aeseong (EH-sung) – Means “love” and “star.”

Anrin

Peace, jade luster.

Aeran

Kim Ae-ran (‘love orchid’) wrote My Brilliant Life. Its narrator was a teenage boy with progeria known as Areum.

Aesun

Love and obedience. In When Life Gives You Tangerines, IU plays Oh Ae-sun, a Jeju girl who want to be a poet. She publishes her poems in her sixties.

Aehye

“Love, wisdom.” Save

Aju

Graceful pearl, and aju is Korean for “very”.

Aehwi

Love, radiance.

Ayu

雅柔 is meaning “refined and soft.”

Amyeong

Bright grace (雅明). As 兒名, amyeong was a childhood moniker, like King Gojong’s Myeongbok.

Aehyeong

From 愛 and 馨, love and a scent that spreads far.

Aneun

Peace and grace.

Ara

Graceful silk (雅羅). Ara Gaya, one of Gaya states, had its seat in today’s Haman.

Ari

Ari has different meanings depending on its root. In native Korean, it is lovely from aritdapda. In Hebrew, ari is a lion and in Norse sagas means an eagle. Japanese ari (蟻) is an ant, which I find funny for a girl this sweet.

Aerok

Love of green (愛綠).

Aeok

Aeok means love and jade and is from 愛 and 玉. In Taiwan, 愛玉 is a jelly made from fig seeds and served on ice.

Anryeong

Peace, a tinkling jade (玲). Save

Aehong

”love”/”red”/”rosy”/”crimson”

Aeseol

”love”/”snow”/”cherish”/”snowfall”

Ana

雅娜 is refined and slender.

Anjin

It has origins in 安 and 眞, peace and truth.

Achae

Graceful color.

Aesol

Young pine in native Korean, as in aesol-namu.

Aso

Graceful white silk (雅素).

Aewol

Shore and moon (涯月). Aewol is a seaside town on Jeju’s northwest coast. It is full with cafés.

Anju

Peace and pearl (安珠). Anju is a city in North Korea. And at a pub, anju means snacks eaten with drinks.

Aengdu

Cherry, a fruit of early summer.

Abun

Refined fragrance, 芬.

Aecho

Love, beginning, and aecho also means “at the outset.”

Adam

Small and neat, from adamhada, and in Hebrew, Adam is first man.

Ansi

Peaceful poem (安詩). Spelled 安市, Ansi was a Goguryeo fortress that stopped Tang emperor Taizong for months.

Aengran

Oriole and orchid. Actress Eom Aeng-ran starred in dozens films.

Aro

Graceful dew (雅露).

Anchae

‘Peace and color’. Anchae is also a hanok’s inner wing, where women of a household lived and cooked.

Aejin

From 愛, love, and 珍 is a rare treasure.

Aedam

愛潭: love and a deep pool.

Anseon

安善 is meaning peace and goodness.

Ansim

Peace of mind. At a Korean butcher, ansim is tenderloin.

Aerin

“Love and jade’s glint.”

Anjeong

Peace and chastity, and anjeong is also symbolizing stability.

Arong

Dappled: from arong-arong, for blurry spots of light or color.

Aedan

Love and red, 丹.

Arisu

According to Seoul’s Han River office, ari means big or sacred.

Gwanggaeto Stele wrote Han River as Arisu (阿利水).

Agye

Graceful osmanthus, tree of the moon in East Asian lore.

Aeyun

Love and luster.

Aeha

River of love (愛河). Kaohsiung is a port city in Taiwan that has a Love River with these exact hanja.

Aeri

Aeri (EH-ree) – Means “love” and “glass.”

Aesin

Trust and love (愛信). Go Ae-sin was a noblewoman in Mr. Sunshine who trained in secret as a sniper.

Aesi

愛詩 is symbolizing a love of poetry.

Ami

Refined beauty, friend in French, “my people” in Hebrew and a fishing net in Japanese.

Anhui

Peace, bright light (安熙).

Arye

Grace and courtesy (雅禮).

Aeji

Love and wisdom. Stretched into aeji-jungji, it becomes an idiom for treating someone like gold.

Ahwa

Graceful flower (雅花).

Aeryeon

Love of lotus. In 1692 King Sukjong called a pond in Changdeokgung’s garden Aeryeonji for his fondness of lotuses.

Aegyeong

It is made of 愛 love, and 敬 means respect.

Aeun

Grace and refinement (雅恩).

Andam

A calm pool, 潭.

Aeseo

Aeseo means love and a good omen and is from 愛瑞.

Acheong

Acheong is a dark blue dye shade, from 鴉, crow, and 靑 blue.

Arin

Grace and a glint of jade (雅璘). Oh My Girl’s Arin was born Choi Ye-won however it used it on stage.

Aryeon

Faint, like a half-lost memory, from native aryeonhada.

Ahyeon

雅賢, refined and wise.

Aedeok

Love and virtue. In Catholic teaching, aedeok is charity a theological virtue.

Aesil

Love, fruit.

Anye

Peace and art. 安藝 in Japanese is Aki is an province around Hiroshima.

Adan

Refined cinnabar, 丹.

Aeyeong

Aeyeong means love and a reflection and is from 愛映.

Aesuk

愛淑: love and purity.

Ayeon

Graceful beauty. Spelled 亞鉛, ayeon is zinc.

Ayeong

It is pronounced as AH-yung, and is also spelled as Ahyoung. 雅英 gives grace and a flower.

Aryeong

閼英, with 英 for flower. Lady Aryeong came as a chicken-dragon’s rib at Aryeong Well in Samguk Yusa.

Aehyo

dawn/daybreak.love/fondness

Aeseon

love/immortal

Ansol

Peace, with native sol, pine.

Ageun

It combines 雅, grace, with 槿, mugunghwa, a hibiscus that is a national flower..

Ain

Graceful kindness (雅仁). Want something English speakers say right on first try? Ain is good for a family abroad and two-syllable given names are standard.

Aejeong

Love and chastity. As a word, aejeong is affection.

Aerim

A forest, loved (愛林).

Asi

Refined poem (雅詩).

Areum

Native Korean for beauty, and an armful as well. It goes to boys, like Kim Ae-ran’s narrator (see Aeran).

Aebok

Aebok is from 愛 and 福, and has a meaning that I love, “beloved good fortune.”

Aesong

Pine, loved. As a word, 愛誦 is a poem somebody loves to recite.

Arim

Refined, beautiful jade (雅琳). Golfer Kim A-lim won 2020 U.S. Women’s Open in her first event in America. And she played it in a face mask.

Boy Names:

Anheon

Law and peace (安憲).

Adalla

達 is to reach. Adalla reigned as Silla’s eighth king in second century.

Ahan

翰 is a writing-brush feather, and 雅 is grace.

Anhyeong

Peace and success.

Asin

莘, a long herb. King Asin of Baekje send his son Jeonji to Wa as a hostage.

Amin

quick/clever

Aeguk

Love of country. Aegukga, South Korea’s anthem, uses a melody by Ahn Eak-tai (1906-1965).

Aeil

Love of days: 愛日 is an idiom for cherishing time with parents.

Aik

Refined helper, 翊 being a wing that shields.

Aeseop

It is made of love and harmony.

Angwon

安權 is meaning peace and authority.

Anhyeok

Peace, brightness.

Ancheol

Peace and wisdom (安哲).

Ado

道 is a way. Ado was a monk from Goguryeo who brought Buddhism into Silla.

Ajikgi

直 means straight. Ajikgi brought two horses from Baekje to Japan.

Aesan

A mountain lover: 愛山.

Aron

Korean form of Aaron, which comes from Hebrew, with a meaning that I like: “mountain of strength”.

Ataek

Graceful pond, 澤.

Anyang

In Buddhism, Anyang is Amitabha’s pure land, as well as a a city south of Seoul is Anyang as well.

Aecheon

A spring, loved.

Ando

Peaceful way (安道), and ando (安堵) is meaning relief.

Aseong

Second sage: 亞聖 is Mencius’s title, a step below Confucius.

Anbaek

Peaceful cypress.l.

Ajung

Graceful second son, from 仲.

Anmin

“Peace for people.” Monk Chungdam wrote Anmin-ga for King Gyeongdeok..

Anwon

Peaceful source (安原). Anwon followed Anjang as Goguryeo’s twenty-third king.

Achan

Shining grace as 雅燦. Written 阿飡, Achan was a sixth-grade rank of Silla officials.

Anseop

Peace and harmony, 燮.

Asan

Tooth mountain. Hyeonchungsa, a shrine to admiral Yi Sun-sin is situated in Asan.

Aryang

Generosity: aryang is big heart.

Aehun

Merit and love (愛勳).

Adogan

我刀 is “my blade,” and 干 is a chief’s title. Adogan was one of nine chiefs who sang Gujiga at Gujibong.

Aho

雅號 is meaning a pen name, like Dosan for Ahn Chang-ho (1878-1938).

Aegyu

From 愛 and 圭, a jade tablet held at court.

Alpyeong

Alpyeong is from 謁, to pay respects, and 平, peace. Yi Alpyeong was involved to choose Park Hyeokgeose as Silla’s first king.

Anrok

Peace and fortune, but 安祿山 is An Lushan in Chinese, and I’d keep this one for a villain.

Agon

Grace and earth, 坤.

Anjang

Peace and goodness (安臧). Anjang ruled Goguryeo as its twenty-second king.

Agyu

雅奎 is symbolizing a scholar, since 奎 is a star mansion of letters.

Aecheol

愛哲 is symbolizing a love of wisdom.

Araon

From ara, a word for sea, and on means whole. Araon is an icebreaking research ship that supplies the King Sejong Station.

Angwang

Calm light. As 眼光, angwang is a gleam in someone’s eyes.

Anhak

Peaceful crane. Anhak Palace is Goguryeo’s royal home in Pyongyang.

Agwan

Graceful and broad-minded. Written 俄館, Agwan was Russian legation where King Gojong stayed hidden.

Anjae

Peace is here (安在).

Anpyeong

Calm and level. Prince Anpyeong dreamed of a peach garden, and An Gyeon painted it in three days in 1447.

Aeon

Graceful scholar (彦). In English it looks like aeon.

Alcheon

A dammed stream (閼川). In 654 Alcheon refused Silla’s throne and backed Kim Chunchu.

Auk

Rising sun, refined. As a native word, auk is mallow, a leafy green for soybean-paste soup.

Aeheon

It has origins in love of law, 憲.

Abiji

阿非知, letter by letter “not knowing.” Silla invite this Baekje craftsman, and with two hundred men he finished Hwangnyongsa’s nine-story wooden pagoda.

Alji

A Silla word for a small child. Kim Alji were found as a baby in a gold box in Gyerim forest.

Annam

Peaceful south. 安南, Annam was Chinese for northern Vietnam for centuries.

Aeseung

愛承: love and inheritance.

Anje

From 安 and 濟, peace and relief.

Antaek

A peaceful house. Antaek-gut is a shaman rite to bless a home.

Ansik

Rest. Chinese chronicles called Parthia 安息, Anxi.

Anmu

Peace and arms. As a word, anmu (按舞) is K-pop choreography.

Aegwang

Aegwang means love and light and is from 愛光.

Anmok

Peace and harmony, and anmok (眼目) is Korean for a discerning eye.

Asadal

“Morning land.” In Samguk Yusa, Dangun puts his capital at Asadal.

Aejun

It comes from 愛 and 俊, love and talent.

Last Names:

A

Hill or slope (阿). Only 529 South Koreans had it in 2015 (I almost left it out for being so rare, but census lists it).

An

Its etymology is 安, peace, and it is a variant of Ahn on passports. Around 685,000 South Koreans have it. An Jung-geun (1879-1910) shot Itō Hirobumi at Harbin station.

Sunheung An

Sunheung, “following prosperity,” is a township in Yeongju. About 73.5 percent of all Ans belong here.

Gwangju An

Wide province, after Gwangju in Gyeonggi. Ahn Banggeol started it and 48,033 members were counted in 2015.

Juksan An

Bamboo mountain. Its founder, Lee Jichun, changed his surname and became Ahn Bangjun.

Dongju An

East province: Cheorwon went by Dongju in Goryeo times.

Chungju An

‘Loyal province.’

Jecheon An

Dyke and stream (堤CHUAN).

Ansan An

Peaceful mountain, from Ansan on Gyeonggi coast.

Jucheon An

“Wine spring.” This one is after Jucheon in Yeongwol.