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Yong-min용민

Yong-min brings together “brave” and “quick-witted.” Like your name, you are someone who faces life with courage 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
勇敏勇 ‘brave’ + 敏 ‘quick-witted’
勇(날랠 용) + 敏(민첩할 민)
勇珉勇 ‘brave’ + 珉 ‘stone like jade’
勇(날랠 용) + 珉(옥돌 민)
龍敏龍 ‘dragon’ + 敏 ‘quick-witted’
龍(용 룡) + 敏(민첩할 민)
龍珉龍 ‘dragon’ + 珉 ‘stone like jade’
龍(용 룡) + 珉(옥돌 민)
勇旻勇 ‘brave’ + 旻 ‘autumn sky’
勇(날랠 용) + 旻(하늘 민)
容敏容 ‘graceful bearing’ + 敏 ‘quick-witted’
容(얼굴 용) + 敏(민첩할 민)

Who it's given to

Yong-min is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yong-min. Say it like yong-meen.

용ㅇ + ㅛ + 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.

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