Sang (Korean name)


Sang is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean unisex given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Family name

As a family name, Sang may be written with only one hanja, meaning "yet" or "still". The 2000 South Korean Census found 2,298 people and 702 households with this family name. All but five of those listed a single bon-gwan : Mokcheon, Dongnam District, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. One person listed a different bon-gwan, while four others had their bon-gwan listed as unknown. They claim descent from Sang Guk-jin, an official of the early Goryeo period who was born in Mokcheon and rose to the post of jangri there.

Given name

Hanja and meaning

There are 35 hanja with the reading "sang" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are.
  1. : "above"
  2. : "yet", "still"
  3. : "always"
  4. : "to reward"
  5. : "business"
  6. : "mutually"
  7. : "frost"
  8. : "think"
  9. : "wound"
  10. : "to lose"
  11. : "to taste"
  12. : "skirt"
  13. : "detailed"
  14. : "auspicious"
  15. : "elephant"
  16. : "shape"
  17. : "bench"
  18. : "mulberry tree"
  19. : "shape"
  20. : "to pay a debt"
  21. : "school"
  22. : name of a river
  23. : "box"
  24. : "to fly"
  25. : "refreshing"
  26. : "plateau"
  27. : "widow"
  28. : "mountain pass"
  29. : "servant's quarters"
  30. : "oak tree"
  31. : "cup"
  32. : "oak tree"
  33. : "bench"
  34. : "bright disposition"
  35. : "to flow violently"

    People

People with the single-syllable Korean given name Sang include:
Two names beginning with this syllable were popular names for newborn South Korean boys in the mid-20th century: Sang-chul and Sang-hoon. Names containing this syllable include: