Kyung-won (name) explained

Hangul:	경원
Hanja:	,,, and others
Rr:	Gyeong-won
Mr:	Kyŏngwŏn
Koreanipa:	[gjʌŋwʌn], [kjʌŋwʌn]

Kyung-won, also spelled Kyong-won, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 74 hanja with the reading "kyung"^[1] and 46 hanja with the reading "won"^[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People

People with this name include:

• Park Kyung-won (1901–1933), Korea's first female aviator
• K. W. Lee (born 1928), Korean-born American male journalist
• Kyongwon Ahn (born 1937), Korean-born American male taekwondo master
• Na Kyung-won (born 1963), South Korean female politician and lawyer
• Moon Kyungwon (born 1969), South Korean female artist
• Lee Kyung-won (born 1980), South Korean female badminton player
• Yoon Kyung-won (born 1982), South Korean male ice hockey player
• Kwon Kyung-won (born 1992), South Korean male footballer

See also

• List of Korean given names

External links

• Page for the name "경원" on erumy.com

Notes and References

1. https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EA%B2%BD&idx=0 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "경"
2. https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%9B%90&idx=7 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "원"