Wonkyung: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Wonkyung – Origin: Korean (hanja-based given name) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: WON-kyung


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

Meaning & Origin of Wonkyung

Origin: Korean (hanja-based given name).

A common claim: Commonly glossed as 'noble mirror.' Actually: 'Noble' isn't a natural sense of 元 (more like 'first/origin'); the gloss softens/embellishes the literal characters.

How to Pronounce Wonkyung

Phonetic: WON-kyung   IPA: /wʌn.ɡjʌŋ/

Popularity of Wonkyung

Wonkyung 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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