These 85 Korean Girl Names Reflect Positive Traits You'd Want Your Child to Have

Finding a name for your baby is serious business. We have several suggestions on SmartParenting.com.ph (which you can find here) but new parents are always on the lookout for “the one.” If you want something unique but can’t seem to find a perfect match, why not try a foreign name? Korean girl names seem especially popular, since Pinoys are so obsessed with K-dramas and K-pop.

85 Korean names for girls that have beautiful meanings

Korean given names are typically made up of two syllables. The first syllable is shared by everyone of the same generation in the family, while the second is unique to the individual. Each syllable also has a different meaning depending on the hanja (the Korean name for Chinese characters) used to write it.

The hanja reflects the traits and characteristics that Korean parents would like their child to have. And like other cultures, many of their names are centered around positive traits like beauty, purity, and goodness. It is also combined with names inspired by nature and good morals. Here are some of the names that have beautiful meanings.

Ae-cha

Meaning: A loving daughter

Areum

Meaning: Beauty

Bo-a

Meaning: Precious jewel or treasure and elegant or refined

Bom

Meaning: Spring

Bom-i

Meaning: Universal beauty

Bong-cha

Meaning: The ultimate girl

Byeol

Meaning: Star

Chan-mi

Meaning: Praise

Chin-sun

Meaning: Truth and goodness

Choon-hee

Meaning: Born at the time of spring 

Chun-hei

Meaning: Justice and grace

Chung-cha

Meaning: Noble daughter

Chun-hwa

Meaning: Spring blossoms

Da-eun

Meaning: Much kindness or mercy; many silver

Dasom

Meaning: Love

Eui

Meaning: Righteousness

Eun

Meaning: Silver

Eun-a

Meaning: Kind and elegant

Eun-ae

Meaning: Grace with love

Eun-ha

Meaning: Galaxy or silver river

Eun-jung 

Meaning: Grace and affection

Eun-kyung

Meaning: A graceful gem

Eun-hye

Meaning: Grace

Ga-eun

Meaning: Beautiful and kind

Goo

Meaning: Complete, someone who completes you

Ha-eun

Meaning: God’s grace

Hae

Meaning: A girl who is like an ocean

Hae-won

Meaning: Graceful and beautiful garden

Haru

Meaning: Day

Hee-jin

Meaning: Precious pearl

Hee-young

Meaning: Joy and prosperity

Hei-ryung

Meaning: Grace and brightness

Hei-ran

Meaning: Graceful orchid

Ho-sook

Meaning: A clear lake

Hye-rin

Meaning: Bright and beautiful jade

Hwa-young

Meaning: A beautiful flower

Hyo

Meaning: Filial duty

Hyo-jin

Meaning: Filial duty or obedience and real, genuine, precious, valuable or rare

Hyo-son

Meaning: Filial and gentle

Hyun-a

Meaning: Shining and elegant

Hyun-ae

Meaning: Loving and clear

Hyun-jae

Meaning: Wise and respectful

Hyun-ok

Meaning: A wise and beautiful pearl

Jae-hwa

Meaning: Respect and beauty; one who is rich and prosperous

Ji-hyun

Meaning: Wisdom or intellect and virtuous or worthy

Kyung-mi

Meaning: Honored and beauty

Kyung-soon

Meaning: Honored and mild

Kyung-hu

Meaning: Girl in the capital

Mee

Meaning: Beautiful woman

Mi-cha

Meaning: Beautiful daughter

Mi-kyong

Meaning: Beauty and brightness

Mi-sun

Meaning: Beauty and goodness

Mi-young

Meaning: Everlasting beauty

Mi-cha

Meaning: A beautiful girl

Mi-hi

Meaning: Beautiful joy

Mi-ok

Meaning: Beautiful pearl

Min

Meaning: A clever person or sharp-minded

Min-jee

Meaning: Brightness and wisdom

Min-jung

Meaning: Bright and noble

Mun-hee

Meaning: An educated and literate girl

Myung-hee

Meaning: Brightness and pleasure

Myung-ok:

Meaning: A bright pearl

Nabi

Meaning: Butterfly

Nari

Meaning: Lily flower

Sang-hee

Meaning: Benevolence and pleasure

So-young

Meaning: Eternal, beautiful, and prosperity

Soo

Meaning: A charitable, kind, and noble person

Soo-min

Meaning: Excellent and clever

Soo-yeon

Meaning: A perfect lotus flower

Soon-bok

Meaning: Gentle and blessed; one with a gentle soul

Sun-hee

Meaning: Pleasure and goodness

Sun-jung

Meaning: Good and noble

Sun-hi

Meaning: One with a good and joyful demeanor

Sung

Meaning: Successor or one on the verge of winning

Sung-kyung

Meaning: Judge, successor, and respect

Seo-yeon

Meaning: Felicitous omen, beautiful or graceful

Seo-yoon

Meaning: Auspicious and consent

Soo-Ah

Meaning: Soo means water or bank; Ah means beautiful, bud, sprout, elegant, or graceful

Woong

Meaning: Grand and magnificent

Yon

Meaning: Lotus blossom

Yoon

Meaning: Allow or consent

Young-mi

Meaning: Prosperity, eternal, and beautiful

Young-soon

Meaning: Mild and flowery

Yun

Meaning: Lotus flower

Yun-hee

Meaning: Lotus flower and pleasure