Jeombok: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance

Origin
Korean (hanja-based)
Gender
Girl
Pronunciation
JUHM-bohk

Jeombok is a Korean (hanja-based) girl's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Korean Baby Girl Names With Stunning Meanings.

Meaning & Origin of Jeombok

Origin: Korean (hanja-based).

A common claim: Baby-name sites give Jeombok as meaning 'gradual blessing', from hanja 漸 + 福. Actually: 漸 is an uncommon choice of character for a given name, making this pairing look like a questionable or invented reading rather than an attested one.

How to Pronounce Jeombok

JUHM-bohkIPA /ˈdʒʌmbɒk/

Popularity of Jeombok

Jeombok doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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