The generational Korean name syllable is shared by siblings in North Korea, and by all members of the same generation of an extended family in South Korea.
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12 Facts About Korean name
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Each family Korean name is divided into one or more clans, identifying the clan's city of origin.
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Traditionally, Korean women keep their family names after their marriage, but their children take the father's surname.
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The five most common family names, which together make up over half of the Korean population, are used by over 20 million people in South Korea.
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One of the two characters in a given Korean name is unique to the individual, while the other is shared by all people in a family generation.
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The Korean name is a public title that identifies the person, and since it has a significant interest in relationships with other people, the Korean name cannot be difficult or cause significant inconvenience to use.
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However, it is considered rude to use someone's given Korean name if that person's age is a year older than the speaker.
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Certain Sino-Korean name syllables carry masculine connotations, others feminine, and others unisex.
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Also known as tsushomei or tsumei, such an alternative Korean name can be registered as a legal alias and used in many official contexts including bank accounts and health insurance.
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Family Korean name "Lee" is romanized as ? in North Korea and as ? in South Korea.
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In South Korea, the pronunciation of the Korean name is simply the English vowel sound for a "long e", as in 'see'.
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In Korean, the name that is usually romanized as "Park" actually has no 'r' sound.
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