288 Cute Korean Dog Names With Meanings

When Koreans call a pet, they add an -i to a word that ends in a consonant, so Bom (spring) is Bomi. I have hand-picked these Korean dog names.

List Of 288 Cute Korean Dog Names And Their Meanings:

Bangul

“bell/droplet.”

Saebyeok

“Dawn,” that blue hour before sunrise.

Yeoreum

Summer.

Kalguksu

Knife noodles that are cut by hand with a knife.

Seoul

Capital.

Sinbal

‘Shoes.’

Korean Names For Female Dogs:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Ha-eun	夏 (ha), summer, and 恩 (eun)	HAH-eun
Seulgi	wisdom	SOOL-gee
Darae	”wild kiwi berry”	DAH-reh
Mirae	future	MEE-reh
Seo-yeon	瑞 (seo), good omen, and 妍 (yeon), beautiful.	SUH-yun
Boram	it was worth it	BOH-rahm
Nari	”lily.”	NAH-ree
Yuna	tender (柔), graceful (娜)	YOO-nah
Bitna	to shine	BIT-nah
Sujin	treasure of excellence	SOO-jin
Ye-eun	Art (藝) and silver (銀), or courtesy (禮) and grace (恩).	YEH-eun
Bomnal	”spring day”	BOHM-nahl or bohm-NAHL
Dahye	much wisdom, in Hanja	DAH-hyeh
Saeron	new or fresh	SEH-ron
Ji-woo	智 (ji), wisdom, with 祐 (woo), heaven’s help	JEE-woo

More below.

Jegi

A shuttlecock kicked with feet.

Seolhwa

雪 (seol), snow, wipe clean, and 花 (hwa), flower, blossom.

Ttakttaguri

“Woodpecker.”

Ppang

Form of Japanese pan, which is from Portuguese pão: bread.

Twigim

Fried snacks in batter.

Ppoppo

A peck, a quick kiss. Save

Hotteok

胡 (ho), foreign, northern tribes, and tteok, rice cake. A sweet pancake with brown sugar melting inside.

Bingsu

氷 (bing), ice, freeze, and 水 (su), water, river.

Daebak

“Jackpot”.

Kkum

Dream.

Hangeul

‘Great script,’ the Korean alphabet that King Sejong’s scholars made. Korea celebrates it on October ninth.

Bada

바다, “sea”.

San

山: “mountain,” “hill” in Korean and “saint” in Spanish.

Mindeulle

Dandelion.

Ramyeon

Instant noodles. It is a Korean form of Japanese ramen, which comes from Chinese lamian.

Useum

Laughter.

Subak

Watermelon.

Seom

Island.

Dokkaebi

“Goblin.” He’s a folk-tale trickster with a club that knocks out gold.

Garaetteok

Long white rice cake, sliced for soup at New Year.

Hanok

韓 (han), Korea, Han, and 屋 (ok), house, roof.

Insam

人 (in), person, human, and 蔘 (sam), ginseng: “ginseng.”

Bok

福, blessing, good fortune.

Dasik

茶 (da), tea, and 食 (sik), food, eat: little cakes pressed in wooden moulds.

Pa

Green onion, same one in Pajeon.

Yakgwa

藥 (yak), medicine, drug, and 菓 (gwa), confection, fruit. These honey cookies were offered at ancestral rites.

Norang

‘Yellow.’

Korean Names For Boy Dogs:

Name	Meaning	Pronunciation
Min-jun	I敏 (min), quick, and 俊 (jun), talented.	MIN-joon
Bawi	rock	BAH-wee
Mangnae	the youngest one	MAHNG-neh
Baekho	”white tiger”	BEK-ho
Dolsoe	stone and iron	DOHL-sweh
Taeyang	sun in Sino-Korean	TEH-yahng
Hwarang	”flower youth.”	HWAH-rahng
Do-yun	道 (do), the way, and 允 (yun), sincere.	DOH-yoon
Gukbap	rice in soup	GOOK-bahp
Hyeonmu	black tortoise of north	HYUN-moo
Eun-woo	Grace (恩) and house (宇).	EUN-woo or un-WOO
Dongdong	bobbing, afloat	DOHNG-dohng
Cheonji	”heaven and earth”	CHUN-jee
Ha-jun	summer (夏), talent (俊)	HAH-joon
Geon	health, in Hanja	GUN
Jun-ho	俊 (jun), handsome, and 浩 (ho), vast like water.	JOON-ho

The list continue.

Buchae

“Folding fan.”

Paengi

Spinning top.

Bungeoppang

Carp bread, a fish-shaped pastry with red beans and no fish in it.

Noeul

Sunset glow, red light low on a sky.

Gomusin

Rubber shoes, boat-shaped.

Bokbunja

覆 (bok), overturn, cover, 盆 (bun), basin, bowl, and 子 (ja), seed, child. Korean black raspberry.

Onggi

甕 (ong), jar, crock, and 器 (gi), vessel, tool. Used for kimchi and sauces.

Doraji

Balloon flower root, and a folk song, Doraji Taryeong.

Achim

Morning. Save

Janggu

杖 (jang), staff, stick, and 鼓 (gu), drum, beat: an hourglass drum.

Yuja

柚 (yu), citron, pomelo, and 子 (ja), seed, child. Yuja-cha is a citron tea Koreans drink in winter.

Bueongi

“Eagle-owl.”

Ttukbaegi

‘Earthen pot.’

Dolhareubang

Stone grandfather: dol and hareubang, Jeju’s word for grandpa. Stone statues of him guard Jeju gates.

Pat

‘Red bean’.

Bibimbap

Mixed rice: bibim and bap.

Ip

“Leaf.”

Tteokbokki

Spicy simmered rice cakes.

Yut

Four sticks tossed in yutnori, a New Year board game.

Miso

微笑: 微, small, faint, and 笑, laugh, smile. “Smile” in Korean and fermented bean paste in Japanese.

Mir

“Dragon” in archaic Korean and “peace” in Russian.

Jjinppang

Steamed bun.

Bunhong

粉 (bun), powder, flour, and 紅 (hong), red, crimson: pink.

Morae

‘Sand.’ Save

Jjajang

炸 (jja), burst, fry in oil, and 醬 (jang), sauce, paste: black bean sauce, from jjajangmyeon.

Dolgorae

‘Dolphin.’

Mugunghwa

From 無 (mu), nothing, without, 窮 (gung), exhaust, end, and 花 (hwa), flower, blossom: Hibiscus syriacus, national flower of South Korea.

Maneul

“Garlic.”

Ttolttori

Smart little one, from ttolttol-hada, bright and clever.

Hayang

“White.”

Ondol

Heated floor, from 溫 (on), warm, mild, and 突 (dol), sudden, flue.

Chamoe

Korean melon, yellow with white stripes.

Hana

Hana is from Korean and has a meaning that I like, one. In Japanese it means flower.

Boksunga

“Peach.”

Aegi

“Baby.” Save

Yangmal

洋 (yang), ocean, Western, and 襪 (mal), socks, stockings.

Kong

콩, bean

Dalbit

Moonlight: dal (look for Dal on this list) and bit, light.

Bojagi

褓 (bo), swaddling cloth, wrapper, with -jagi.

Nuri

World.

Horangi

It comes from 虎狼 (horang): 虎, tiger, and 狼, wolf, with -i as suffix..

Heukgu

黑 is black, dark, and 狗 is dog, puppy: ‘black dog’.

Danbi

“Sweet rain,” a rain that comes right when fields need it.

Huimang

希 (hui), hope, rare, and 望 (mang), hope, gaze afar.

Sora

“Conch” in Korean and “sky” in Japanese.

Dalgona

Honeycomb toffee, melted sugar which is puffed with baking soda.

Omija

五 (o), five, 味 (mi), taste, flavour, and 子 (ja), seed, child: five-flavour berry.

Ssiat

Seed.

Sogeum

Salt.

Bulgasari

“Starfish,” and an iron-eating monster in Korean folk tales. Its Hanja, 不 (not, no), 可 (can, may) and 殺 (kill, slay).

Yugwa

油 (yu), oil, fat, and 菓 (gwa), confection, fruit.

Hwiparam

Whistle.

Maru

“Wooden floor,” a hall in a hanok.

Galbi

Ribs.

Ppalgang

Red.

Kkul

Honey.

Bori

Barley, a grain Koreans roast for boricha tea.

Mungchi

Lump, bundle.

Baekdu

白 (baek), white, clean, and 頭 (du), head, top. This volcano on North Korea’s border with China is two thousand seven hundred forty-four metres tall. It is the highest on a peninsula.

Gangaji

Its etymology is gae, dog, with -aji, a suffix for young animals. It means puppy.

Yong

龍, dragon, emperor.

Saeu

Shrimp.

Kongnamul

Soybean sprouts, that are boiled into a hangover soup.

Haenyeo

“Sea women”: 海 (hae), sea, ocean, and 女 (nyeo), woman, daughter. Jeju’s free divers, listed by UNESCO.

Gaeul

Autumn.

Cheondung

天 (cheon), heaven, sky, and 動 (dong), move, shake: thunder.

Hwasal

Arrow.

Tteok

“Rice cake.”

Ttalgi

Strawberry. Pronounced TAHL-gee, and also spelled as Ddalgi.

Iseul

Iseul (EE-sool) – Means ‘dew’.

Bam

night/nighttime.chestnut/nut

Juk

粥, ‘porridge’, gruel.

Gorae

Whale.

Sikhye

食 (sik), food, eat, and 醯 (hye), vinegar, pickle. A sweet rice drink with grains floating in it.

Saessak

Sprout.

Bonghwang

鳳 (bong) is a male phoenix and 凰 (hwang) a female one. A pair of them is on emblem of Korea’s president.

Badugi

From a Korean word for a black and white spotted dog. Badugi is also a lowball poker game played since the nineteen-eighties at least.

Nurungji

Scorched rice, scraped from bottom of a pot.

Saja

獅子: 獅 (sa), lion, and 子 (ja), son, child.

Jogae

Clam.

Pogeun

Cozy, snug and warm.

Mandu

Mandu: Madnu is 饅頭, 饅 (steamed bun) and 頭 (head, top), a stuffed dumpling, steamed, boiled or fried.

Dal

Moon in Korean, lentils in Hindi, valley in Swedish, and branch in Turkish.

Kkamang

Black, in a child’s way of say.

Yeon

鳶, “kite” (a bird and a toy), or 蓮, “lotus.”

Eomuk

魚 (eo), fish, and muk, jelly: ‘fish cake.’

Nal

Day.

Namsan

南 (nam), south, and 山 (san), mountain: South mountain, with Seoul Tower on top.

Ttakji

Folded paper tiles, slapped down to flip another.

Songpyeon

It combines 松 (song), pine, fir, and pyeon, rice cake

Mu

Radish.

Chorong

“Lantern.”

Seonmul

膳 (seon), meal, side dish, and 物 (mul), thing, object: ‘gift.’

Misutgaru

Roasted grain powder, stirred into a cold drink.

Pungsan

豊山: 豊 (pung), abundant, bountiful harvest, and 山 (san), mountain, hill.

Gat

Horsehair hat, worn by Joseon men.

Beotkkot

‘Cherry blossom.’

Gireogi

Wild goose.

Chingu

親 (chin), close, intimate, and 舊 (gu), former, long-standing: friend.

Bokseuri

‘Shaggy’, from bokseul-bokseul, thick fluffy fur.

Mal

Horse in Korean, bad in Spanish, time in German, and silly in Dutch.

Sapsal

According to Korea.net, Sapsal combines sap, “chase away,” and sal, “misfortune.” That breed is Natural Monument.

Dol

Stone.

Girin

‘Giraffe’, or qilin. In 麒麟, 麒 is a male qilin and 麟 a female one.

Bokjumeoni

福 (bok), blessing, good fortune, and jumeoni, pouch. It is handed to children with money at New Year.

Janggi

將 (jang), general, commander, and 棋 (gi), board game, game piece. Korean chess.

Seollal

Lunar New Year’s Day.

Sarang

Love.

Bokdungi

“Lucky child”: 福 (bok), blessing, good fortune, with -dungi.

Gam

persimmon/fruit.感/sense/feeling

Sol

Pine in Korean, sun in Spanish, a note on musical scale, and money in Peru.

Saetbyeol

Morning star, Venus before dawn.

Sansuyu

山茱萸: 山, mountain, hill, and 茱萸, dogwood.

Bit

Light.

Seoltang

雪 (seol), snow, wipe clean, and 糖 (tang), sugar, candy: “sugar.”

Baechu

It comes from 白菜: 白, white, clean, and 菜, vegetable, greens. ‘Napa cabbage.’

Chunhyang

春 is spring, youth and 香 is fragrance, incense. Chunhyang is main character of Chunhyangjeon and is a love story set in Namwon.

Daramjwi

Chipmunk.

Jjang

The best (slang).

Geobuk

Turtle. Admiral Yi Sun-sin (1545-1598) participated in a faght vs Japanese fleet with geobukseon, iron-clad turtle ships, where 船 (seon) means ship, boat.

Gamja

‘Potato.’

Durumi

Red-crowned crane, white with a red patch on top.

Norigae

A tasselled pendant worn on a hanbok.

Mongsil

It is from mongsil-mongsil, plump and fluffy. Kwon Jeong-saeng (1937-2007) wrote a children’s novel about a girl called Mongsil.

Hae

‘Sun.’

Haechi

獬豸, a horned, lion-like beast from Korean myth that guards against fire (豸 alone also means a legless insect). Seoul chose it as city symbol in two thousand eight and redrew it pink in twenty twenty-four.

Byeongari

“Chick.”

Jangnan

‘Mischief’, a prank.

Gyeran

鷄 (gye), chicken, hen, and 卵 (ran), egg, ovum.

Seorak

From 雪 (seol), snow, wipe clean, and 嶽 (ak), high mountain, peak.

Bap

Cooked rice, and in daily speech a whole meal.

Gaeguri

Frog.

Mul

Water.

Sopung

逍 (so), stroll, wander, and 風 (pung), wind, custom: picnic.

Japchae

雜 (jap), mixed, various, and 菜 (chae), vegetable, greens. Today it is a glass noodle dish.

Gyeoul

Winter.

Jeong

情, feeling, affection. I’ve heard Koreans use it for a neighbour or a corner shop.

Gang

江, river, big stream.

Dano

端 (dan), tip, upright, and 午 (o), noon, seventh earthly branch. Gangneung’s Dano festival has UNESCO status.

Mil

Wheat.

Hwajeon

“Flower pancake”: 花 (hwa), flower, blossom, and 煎 (jeon), fry, boil down. A rice cake topped with azalea petals.

Hanji

韓 (han), Korea, Han, and 紙 (ji), paper. Made from mulberry bark.

Yakbap

藥 (yak), medicine, drug, and bap, rice: sweet rice cooked with jujubes and chestnuts.

Gureum

‘Cloud’

Buk

Drum.

Gippeum

‘Joy.’

Meongmeong

Woof. That’s how a Korean dog barks.

Dasom

An archaic Korean word for love.

Pul

”grass”/”glue”/”starch”/”paste”

Mujigae

Rainbow.

Jindo

It is made of 珍 (jin), treasure, precious, and 島 (do), island.

Obangsaek

五 (o), five, 方 (bang), direction, square, and 色 (saek), colour, look. Five cardinal colours: blue, red, yellow, white and black.

Jeon

煎, fry, boil down: savoury pancake.

Nun

snow/snowfall.eye/eyes

Yonggi

勇 (yong), courage, daring, and 氣 (gi), energy, spirit: “courage.”

Somsatang

‘Cotton candy’: som is cotton, and 砂糖 (satang) is 砂, sand, gravel, with 糖, sugar, candy.

Hodori

虎 (ho), tiger, and dori, a word for boys. He was mascot of Seoul Olympics.

Jeonyeok

“Evening.”

Yeou

Fox.

Makgeolli

“Milky rice wine.”

Dalpaengi

Snail.

Bomi

Bom is spring, and -i is a suffix Koreans add to names that end in a consonant.

Danso

短 (dan), short, lacking, and 簫 (so), bamboo flute, panpipe. A short flute.

Oi

Cucumber.

Bora

Purple.

Kkakdugi

Cubed radish kimchi.

Beongae

‘Lightning.’

Gaenari

Forsythia.

Byeol

Byeol (byuhl) – Means “star.”

Bae

pear/belly.boat/ship

Bulgogi

Bul is fire and gogi is meat.

Kkochi

Skewer.

Baekgu

白 (baek), white, clean, and 狗 (gu), dog, puppy.

Kkamagwi

Crow.

Bangseok

方 (bang), square, direction, and 席 (seok), mat, seat: floor cushion.

Gochu

Chili pepper.

Busan

It is made of 釜 (bu), cauldron, kettle, and 山 (san), mountain, hill.

Taegeuk

太 (tae), great, very, and 極 (geuk), extreme, utmost: red and blue circle on South Korea’s flag.

Gyeongdan

Rice balls rolled in coloured powders.

Gogi

Meat.

Ori

Duck.

Angae

Fog.

Gim

Laver, pressed into dried seaweed sheets.

Nureongi

‘Yellow dog’, from nureota, yellowish.

Kimchi

It comes from 沈菜: 沈, sink, steep, and 菜, vegetable, greens.

Bul

“Fire.”

Nunsongi

Snowflake.

Neukdae

‘Wolf’.

Gochujang

Gochu, chili, and 醬 (jang), sauce, paste. I’d skip it, four syllables is a lot to yell at a park.

Ssuk

Mugwort, a bitter herb Koreans steam into green rice cakes.

Hangwa

韓 (han), Korea, Han, and 菓 (gwa), confection, fruit: traditional Korean sweets.

Eunhaeng

銀杏, “ginkgo”: 銀, silver, money, and 杏, apricot. Written 銀行, with 行 (go, shop), it means “bank.”

Gayageum

伽倻 is Gaya, an early kingdom, and 琴 is zither, lute.

Imugi

A great serpent that wants to become a dragon.

Podo

葡萄, ‘grape.’

Kkwabaegi

Twisted doughnut, rolled in sugar.

Hobak

Pumpkin.

Yeot

Taffy made from rice and malt.

Haru

‘One day.’

Pado

波濤: 波, wave, ripple, and 濤, billow, big wave.

Hodu

胡 (ho), foreign, northern tribes, and 桃 (do), peach: walnut.

Byeolbit

Starlight, byeol and bit in one word.

Songaji

Calf, another -aji word.

Nabi

Butterfly, and also a word Koreans use when they call a cat.

Donggyeong

東京: 東 (dong), east, and 京 (gyeong), capital, large. Dogs from Donggyeongi have very short tails or none.

Jjondeuk

Chewy, and what is chewier than tteok?

Chamkkae

Sesame.

Baduk

Go, a board game with black and white stones.

Sae

”bird”/”new”/”gap”/”space”

Chorok

草綠: 草, grass, plants, and 綠, green. So ‘green’.

Uyu

牛 (u), cow, ox, and 乳 (yu), milk, breast.

Gonggi

A game of jacks, played with five stones.

Naengmyeon

冷 (naeng), cold, cool, and 麵 (myeon), noodles, flour: “cold noodles.”

Madang

Courtyard.

Gumiho

九 (gu), nine, many, 尾 (mi), tail, end, and 狐 (ho), fox: a fox with nine tails.

Haneul

Haneul (HAH-nool) – Means “sky.”

Dubu

豆腐: 豆 (du), bean, pea, and 腐 (bu), rot, decay. ‘Tofu’.

Soohorang

守護 (sooho): 守, guard, defend, and 護, protect, help, with horangi, tiger. He was a white tiger mascot of PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

Ttangkong

It combines ttang, ground, and kong (bean, same as Kong on this list), so a peanut.

Deulkkae

Perilla seed.

Kokkiri

Elephant.

Parang

Blue.

Bi

“Rain.”

Injeolmi

Rice cake, dusted in roasted soybean flour.

Daechu

Jujube, a red date dried for tea.

Gimbap

Gim and bap: rice and fillings rolled in seaweed.

Maesil

梅 (mae), plum, apricot blossom, and 實 (sil), fruit, real. Green plum.

Pajeon

Green onion pancake.

Jindallae

Azalea. Kim Sowol (1902-1934) wrote a poem about azalea flowers.

Sujebi

Hand-torn dough soup.

Jebi

“Swallow.”

Kkot

Flower.

Gyul

Gyul (GYOOL/KYOOL) – Means 橘, “tangerine” or “orange.”

Jjigae

“Stew.”

Kkamjjak

Startled or surprise!

Namu

‘Tree.’

Kkoma

Kkoma means a little kid. It is pronounced as KOH-mah and is also spelled as Ggoma..

Chuseok

秋夕: 秋 (chu), autumn, harvest time, and 夕 (seok), evening, night. Korea’s harvest festival.

Tokki

‘Rabbit.’

Doenjang

Doen, thick, and 醬 (jang), sauce, paste: fermented soybean paste.

Haetsal

“Sunshine.”

Sagwa

沙果, sand and fruit, is ‘apple’. 謝過, thank, apologise and pass, fault, is ‘apology’.

Ibul

Blanket, quilt.

Ganjang

Gan, salty taste, and 醬 (jang), sauce, paste: soy sauce.

Haegeum

奚 (hae), what, Xi people, and 琴 (geum), zither, lute. A two-string fiddle.

Gom

“Bear.” In Korea’s founding myth, a bear and a tiger begged Hwanung to make them human.

Jinju

眞 (jin), true, real, and 珠 (ju), pearl, bead. A city in South Gyeongsang has same sound but it is written 晉州.

Baram

Wind.

Haengbok

幸 (haeng), luck, fortune, and 福 (bok), blessing: happiness.

Mangaji

“Foal,” made with same -aji ending as Gangaji.