Korean Names That Mean Moon, Star, Flower, & Dragon

I have selected these Korean names that mean moon, star, love, strong, flower, mysterious and dragon.

Korean Names That Mean Moon And Their Meanings:

Dalbit

It is made of dal and bit: ‘moonlight’. Korean title of drama Love in the Moonlight has dalbit, moonlight painted by clouds.

Dal

Dal – “Moon.” Psalm 136:9 says: “The moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.”

Myeong-wol

Myeong-wol has roots in 明 (bright) and 月 (moon). Poet Hwang Jini (1506-1567) used it as her gisaeng name, and wrote in a sijo to royal kinsman Byeokgyesu: “명월(明月)이 만공산(滿空山)하니 쉬어간들 어떠리.”

Man-wol

According to Behind the Name, Man-wol is ‘full moon’ and is rare in Korea. Koreans celebrate first full moon of a lunar year as Daeboreum. Save

Korean Names That Mean Star:

Gyu-mae

Star and plum (奎梅). Swap 梅 for 莓 and it becomes star and strawberry, which I’d save for a hamster.

Seung-gyu

Seung-gyu is meaning “victory” and “star”, from 勝 and 奎.

Saetbyeol

Venus at dawn. Koreans also calls a fresh talent saetbyeol, a rising star.

Byeol-hui

star/beauty.star/bright

Byeol

Byeol comes from Middle Korean pyěl, star. Moonbyul of Mamamoo, born Moon Byul-yi, told The Korea Times in 2024: “I don’t want to leave music. I want to channel all my energy into my work even though I find it more physically challenging now.”

Han-byeol

Star, big and bright. Actress Lee Han-byeol debuted in Mask Girl. Save

Eun-byeol

I like how it mixes a hanja syllable with a native one: 銀, silver, or 恩, grace, followed by byeol, star.

Beom-gyu

Model and star, if a family writes it 範奎 (other hanja spell same sounds), and match it with a brother called Seung-gyu.

Love:

Min-ae

”jade”/”love”

Ji-ae

Second syllable is 愛, love. Golfer Shin Ji-yai uses Jiyai Shin in English.

Won-ae

Won-ae is meaning ‘beautiful woman’ and ‘love’ (媛愛). Save

Sa-rang

Sa-rang – “Love,” a native word with no fixed hanja. Song of Solomon 8:6 says: “for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave; the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.”

Ae-ran

愛, love, opens writer Kim Ae-ran’s hanja. At twenty-five she become youngest winner ever of Hankook Ilbo Literary Award.

Mi-ae

Beautiful love, 美愛. In 2026 Choo Mi-ae became first woman voted in as governor of a Korean province: Gyeonggi.

Ae

“Love,” or “affection.”

Da-som

Love, a form of Sa-rang.

Young-ae

Flower and love, or fine and love: 英愛. Lee Young-ae, star of Dae Jang Geum, told journalists in Tokyo in 2006 that “‘Modern Times,’ which I saw when I was 18, is full of humanity. … I would like to marry a man who will invariably love me.”

Strong:

Dong-geon

East and strong (東健). Actor Jang Dong-gun writes it 張東健 and played gangster Han Dong-su in Friend.

Him

Native Korean: ‘strength, force’.

Gang-u

Strong rain (剛雨) or strong help (剛佑).

Gang-min

”strong”/”people”

Teunteun

It is a native word: ‘sturdy’ or ‘healthy’. I like it more as a nickname.

Gang-hyeon

Strong and virtuous: 剛賢.

Geon

健, strong. Same sound also covers 建, build, and 鍵, key.

Tae-gyeong

泰勁, great and strong, and it works for girls as well as boys.

Flower:

Kkot

Kkot is native Korean for flower. Kim So-wol wrote in „Azaleas” (1922) about blossoms strewn on a road for a departing lover: “사뿐히 즈려밟고 가시옵소서” (tread on them lightly as you go).

Ihwa

梨花, pear blossom. Ewha Womans University spells it Ewha. In 1887 Emperor Gojong is the root of that school.

Jang-mi

薔薇, rose.

Seol-hwa

Snow and flower (雪花): ‘snowflake’.

Aeng-hwa

Cherry blossom, 櫻花.

Nari

Lily, a native word with no standard hanja. Swimmer Park Na-ri raced for South Korea.

Chun-hwa

Spring flower, from 春花. It can also be written 春華, spring and flowery.

Hwa-ryeon

Flower and lotus (花蓮) or harmony and lotus if a family writes 和 instead.

Mi-ran

Mi-ran is meaning beautiful orchid (美蘭).

Mysterious:

Hyeon

‘Profound’ or ‘mysterious’, as 玄. Four other hanja share this sound, so check which one a family uses.

Myo-hui

妙 is ‘mysterious’ and ‘exquisite’, while 熙 adds ‘bright’.

Gwang-hyeon

Light and mystery? That is 光玄.

Dragon:

Seung-ryong

Inherit a dragon? That is 承龍. Ryu Seung-ryong won a Blue Dragon award for War of the Arrows. Save

Yong-ju

A pearl and a dragon (龍珠). In D-War, two imugi fight over a yeouiju, a jewel that can make one of them a dragon.

Yong-jin

dragon/true

Jin-hui

Korean dictionaries call 辰 star jin, and zodiac assigns it Dragon. 熙 adds ‘bright’.

Yong-un

龍雲, dragon cloud. Han Yong-un (1879-1944) opened his poem „Nimui Chimmuk” (1926) with: “님은 갔습니다. 아아, 사랑하는 나의 님은 갔습니다.” (My love has gone. Ah, my beloved has gone.)

Yong-nam

“Dragon man,” 龍男. Japanese writes Tatsuo with these two characters.

Yong-eun

Mercy (恩) or silver (銀) after dragon.

Tae-jin

泰 means great, and 辰 is fifth of twelve earthly branches, which is symbolizing Dragon in Chinese zodiac.

Yong

Yong – “Dragon.” Psalm 148:7 says: “Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:”

Mireu

Native Korean for dragon. Mir of MBLAQ was born Bang Cheol-yong and chose it for stage.

Yong-bok

Luck and dragon. Fisherman An Yong-bok (active 1692-1697) ended up in Japan twice over fishing rights near Ulleungdo.