Go-eun
Appearance
Pronunciation | /ɡoʊ.ʊn/ |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | "beautiful, pretty", or different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Ko-eun, Ko-un |
Go-eun | |
Hangul | 고은 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Go-eun |
McCune–Reischauer | Koŭn |
IPA | [goɯn], [koɯn] |
Go-eun is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "go"[1] and 30 hanja with the reading "eun"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. It also means "beautiful, pretty, fine, soft" including "go-un" which is an adjective of "gop-da" in Korean.[3][4]
People
[edit]People with this name include:
- Han Go-eun (born 1975), South Korean actress
- Byul (born Kim Go-eun, 1983), South Korean singer
- Kim Go-eun (born 1991), South Korean actress
- Yeum Go-eun (born 1994), South Korean long-distance runner
- Lee Go-eun (born 2009), South Korean actress
Fictional characters
[edit]Fictional characters with this name include:
- Seo Go-eun, in the 2010 South Korean film Wedding Dress
- Lee Go-eun, in the 2012 South Korean television series The King of Dramas