61 Unique & Cute Korean Boy Names With Meanings

Korean names usually start with the family name and two given names, which are used together to form one name. The concept of a ‘middle name’ is not followed in South Korea.

Note: many parents nowadays are opting for a single-syllable name.

Most Korean family names are limited to a few common ones such as Park, Choi, Yoon, Lee, and Kim. Traditionally a child takes their father’s surname like in many other cultures. But women do not change their legal names at marriage.

My list has many cute Korean boy names and several common ones.

List Of 61 Unique & Cute Korean Boy Names With Meanings:

Hyeon-Jeong

In this combination, Hyeon-Jeong means virtuous, shine, worthy, and loyal.

Jae-hyun

It is meaning wealth, talent, wisdom, and virtue. Kim Jae-hyun is a South Korean drummer and a member of the South Korean band N.Flying.
<h3″>Ga-on

”Center” or ”middle.”

Ji-hoon

Ji-hoon is made of ji (means ”wisdom”) and hoon (”merit built through deeds”).

Young-soo

It means eternal and longevity. It also symbolizes long-lasting health and life. In 1960 Young-soo was the 2nd-most popular name for boys in South Korea.

Kyung-won

Kyung is meaning ”light” or ”scenery” and won means round or garden. So, it has a meaning that I like, “garden of brightness.” Kwon Kyung-won is a South Korean professional footballer and has an international career. Park Kyung-won was the first female Korean civilian aviator.

Shi-yool

Shi means ”poetry” or ”beginning” (there are 56 Hanja with the reading shi) and Yool means rhythm and to lead.

Yi-joon

Yi-joon was the #1 boy name in Korea for 2021. The elements yi mean art and joon talented. Joon is written with only one hanja.

Seok-jin

Stone and precious.

Ji-sung

Park Ji-sung won four Premier League titles and the 2008 Champions League. He’s the first Asian footballer to lift that trophy. Ji is meaning ”wisdom” and sung ”success” or ”completion.”

Tae-oh

Tae stands for great (Tae is written with only one hanja) and oh means ”cherished.”

Woo

Woo is meaning “universe.” Woo may be written with either of two hanja.

How to choose a Korean Name

Base your name on native Korean words;

Pick out Korean names that sound like English ones;

Try saying it aloud with your last name;

Read my list of the most popular Korean names.

Note: Most Korean given names are written with and derive meanings from Hanja, Chinese characters. A single Hanja character can have multiple meanings. Below you’ll find more Korean boy names that can fit in anywhere.

Dae-Jung

Dae-Jung was the name of the former South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung. He passed away at the age of 85 on 18 August 2009. Dae means ”great” and jong means to be born. So, the name Dae-jung signifies a great center.

Ma-ru

Ma-ru means “the top of a mountain.”

Hyun-woo

It is meaning ”divine intervention.” In 1988 Hyun-woo was the #3 name in Korea.

Sungkyu

”Precious.”

Ji

Ji is symbolizing “wisdom.” In 2000, almost 150k Koreans had this family name. There are 46 hanja with the reading ji.

Chan-wook

Praise (chan) and with a refined quality (wook). In 2022 Park Chan-wook was the recipient of Best Director at Cannes for Decision to Leave.

Ra-on

Ra means fruit and on translates as ”warm table.” RAON is also a South Korean particle physics laboratory.

Tae-joon

Taejoon means ”exalted excellence” or ”great and talented.” Tae means big or great and Joon is interpreted as handsome or talented.

Jeong

”Quiet and loyal.” Choi Jeong is a South Korean professional Go player who dominated women’s Go in South Korea from 2014 to 2024. Kang Jeong published his first poetry collection at the age of 26.

Nu-ri

”The universe” or ”the world.”

Pu-Reum

Pu-Reum means fresh or blue-green.

Chin-hwa

Chin-hwa is symbolizing the ”most wealthy.”

Korain

Korain means one who is luminous and glorious. It is very rare and so rare that most Koreans actually never heard of it.

Duri

It means “two” in the Gyeongsang dialect of South Korea. Cha Du-ri is a former footballer who played for Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05.

Dae-seok

Dae-seok is meaning ”great and rock.” Seok can be written with either of two hanja.

Chae-hyun

Chae is symbolizing “colorful” while Hyun means “virtuous.”

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U-Jin

U-Jin means “universe” and “genuine.”

Si-woo

Kim Si-woo won the 2017 Players Championship at age 21. Si is symbolizing poetry or a beginning while woo a house or the universe.

Wook

Wook is pronounced as “ook” and means “sunrise.”

Seung-Jae

Seung is symbolizing “victory” or “to succeed.” Jae means wealth. Lee Seung-jae competed in two events at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Chul

I like Chul due to its resemblance to the English word ”chill.” In Korean Chul means ”iron.”

Min-ho

Min-ho means ”cleverness” or ”bravery.” In 1980 it was the 9th-most popular name in South Korea. Minho Moon is a character in the series XO, Kitty. Another entertainer with this name is Jang Min-ho.

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Bon-Hwa

Bon-Hwa means ‘utmost glory, most glorious.’

Joon-ho

Bong Joon-ho directed the film Parasite that won four Academy Awards in 2020. Joon means ”talented” or ”handsome” and ho is ”a vast sky.”

Hyeon

Hyeon is symbolizing ”virtuous and worthy.”

Dak-Ho

”Deep lake.”

Tae-Seok

Tae-Seok has the meaning of ”great stone.”

Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho was the first Korean man to win Best Actor at Cannes for Broker. Kang means ”strength” and ho ”tiger” or ”something vast.”

Min-jun

“Clever and talented.”

Seo-jun

Seo is meaning ”auspicious” or ”composed” and jun ”gifted.” It is pronounced as SUH-joon.

Ha-joon

Summer or greatness (ha) is combined with talent (joon).

Do-yoon

Do means a path or the way and yoon means to shine or to permit. I know that many families take it as a child who walks a bright road.

Do-hyun

The path element do returns here combined with hyun (that means ”virtuous” or ”worthy”).

Ji-ho

Wisdom (ji) and brightness or vastness (ho).

Heung-min

In 2022 Son Heung-min won the Premier League Golden Boot with 23 goals and was the first Asian player to top that chart. Heung means ”prosper” or ”rise” and min ”bright” or ”clever.”

Se-dol

“World’s stone”.

Byung-hun

”Brightness” or ”glory” (byung) and ”merit” (hun). Lee Byung-hun rocketed to fame for playing Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Min-jae

Kim Min-jae was the first Asian named Serie A’s best defender. Min (means ”quick” or ”clever”) and jae (”talent” or ”ability”).

Nam-joon

In 2018 RM of BTS, born Kim Nam-joon, addressed the United Nations General Assembly with his Speak Yourself speech. Nam is the south, joon is talent.

Sang-ho

A noble or esteemed sense is the meaning of sang and a wide sky for ho.

Ba-da

”The sea.”

Woo-shik

Choi Woo-shik played the son in Parasite that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2019. Woo means ”the universe” or ”a house” and shik ”steady growth.”

Hyun-jin

Ryu Hyun-jin is the only player in Korean baseball history to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in a single season. Hyun is meaning ”virtuous” or ”wise” and jin ”precious” or ”to shine.”

Eun-woo

Grace or kindness (eun) combined with the universe (woo). It is pronounced EUN-woo.

Ha-neul

”Spread your dreams high like the sky”.

Sol

Sol is the Korean word for a pine tree.

Han-sol

”One tall pine.”

Ha-ru

Haru is the native word for ”one day” or ”day.”

Cheol-woo

Cheol means ”wise” or ”sage” and woo is ”protection” or ”divine help.”