My Korean Life

Home › Korean names › Dong-min (동민)

Dong-min동민

Dong-min brings together “east” and “quick-witted.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and stays quick and bright of mind.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
東敏東 ‘east’ + 敏 ‘quick-witted’
東(동녘 동) + 敏(민첩할 민)
東珉東 ‘east’ + 珉 ‘stone like jade’
東(동녘 동) + 珉(옥돌 민)
東旻東 ‘east’ + 旻 ‘autumn sky’
東(동녘 동) + 旻(하늘 민)
棟敏棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 敏 ‘quick-witted’
棟(마룻대 동) + 敏(민첩할 민)
棟珉棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 珉 ‘stone like jade’
棟(마룻대 동) + 珉(옥돌 민)
棟旻棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 旻 ‘autumn sky’
棟(마룻대 동) + 旻(하늘 민)

Who it's given to

Dong-min is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dong-min. Say it like dong-meen.

동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
민ㅁ + ㅣ + ㄴ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

Related names

Dong-geon동건Dong-gyu동규Dong-gyun동균Dong-geun동근Dong-bok동복Dong-bin동빈Ga-min가민Ga-yun가윤Ga-hui가희Gang-min강민Gang-uk강욱Gang-yun강윤
Get your own Korean name →

Free. Uses a selfie and your birth year; nothing is stored.