Seongwon: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Seongwon – Meaning: star garden – Origin: Korean (Sino-Korean given name, hanja not fixed) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: SUNG-wun


Seongwon is a Korean (Sino-Korean given name, hanja not fixed) girl's name meaning “star garden”. It appears in our list of 175+ Korean Baby Girl Names With Stunning Meanings.

Meaning & Origin of Seongwon

Meaning: Star garden.

Origin: Korean (Sino-Korean given name, hanja not fixed).

A common claim: Glossed as '星 + 苑 = star garden' on Korean baby-name sites. Actually: The syllables 'Seong-won' correspond to several unrelated common Korean words, so 'star garden' is only one of several possible readings.

How to Pronounce Seongwon

Phonetic: SUNG-wun   IPA: /ˈsʌŋwʌn/

Popularity of Seongwon

Seongwon 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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