Na-young

For the district of Trang Province, Thailand, see Na Yong District.

"Na Young" redirects here. For the film whose main character is called Na Young, see Past Lives (film).

Na-young
Hangul	나영
Hanja	奈映, 娜怜, 誽永, 羅英, and others
Revised Romanization	Na-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Nayŏng
IPA	/na̠.jʌ̹ŋ/

Na-young, also spelled Na-yeong, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "na" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

Film and television

• Nam Na-yeong (born 1971), South Korean film editor
• Lee Na-young (born 1979), South Korean actress
• Kim Na-young (television personality) (born 1981), South Korean television personality
• Seo Seung-ah (born Lee Na-young, 1983), South Korean actress

Musicians

• Na-Young Jeon (born 1989), Dutch-South Korean actress and singer
• Kim Na-young (singer) (born 1991), South Korean singer and actress
• Lim Na-young (born 1995), South Korean singer and actress, former member of girl groups I.O.I and Pristin

Sportspeople

• Kim Na-young (judoka) (born 1988), South Korean judoka
• Kim Na-young (figure skater) (born 1990), South Korean figure skater
• Kim Na-young (badminton, born 1991), South Korean badminton player
• Kim Na-young (badminton, born 1995), South Korean badminton player

Others

• Kim Nayoung (born 1966), South Korean artist, member of the collaborative art duo Gregory Maass & Nayoungim
• Kim Na-young (born c. 2000), alias of the victim in the 2008 Cho Doo-soon case

See also

• List of Korean given names

References

1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2015.