Hwan (name) explained

Hangul:	환
Hanja:	Family name Given name Various
Mr:	Hwan
Rr:	Hwan

Hwan is a rare Korean family name, as well as an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Family name

As a family name, Hwan is written with only one hanja, the Sino-Korean name of the Sapindus mukorossi tree (; 굳셀 환). The 2000 South Korean census found 157 people with this family name.^[1] People with this family name include:

Thomas Hwan, South Korean actor based in Denmark

Given name

Hanja

There are 21 hanja with the reading "hwan" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:^[2] ^[3]

(기쁠 환): "happiness"
(근심 환): "anxiety"
(둥글 환): "round"
(바꿀 환): "to change"
(고리 환): "ring"
(돌아올 환): "to return"
(부를 환): "to summon"
(빛날 환): "to shine"
(흩어질 환): "to be scattered"
(불꽃 환): "blaze"
(환할 환): "bright"
(헛보일 환): "illusion"
(굳셀 환): Sapindus mukorossi
(고리 환): "ring"
(기뻐할 환): "to rejoice"
(벼슬 환): "government officials"
(흰 비단 환): "white silk"
(환어 환): a kind of fish
- (홀아버지 환): "bachelor"
(두를 환): "to wrap around"
(환할 환)
(세차게 흐를 환): "to flow violently"

As name element

One name containing this element, Young-hwan, was the 9th-most popular name for newborn South Korean boys in 1950.^[4] Other names containing this element include:

Notes and References

Web site: 성씨인구분포데이터 . Family name population and distribution data . National Statistics Office . South Korea . 2013-05-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101034812/http://sgis.nso.go.kr/pyramid/view_familyname_dmc_table.asp . 2013-11-01 .
Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 2013-10-17.
Book: 유니코드 한자사전. National Library of the Republic of Korea. 2 February 2016.
Web site: 한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?. babyname.co.kr. 2012-11-09.