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Sung-won

Sung-won, also spelled Seong-won, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " sung" and 35 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.

People with this name include:

  • Yu Seong-won (died 1456), Joseon Dynasty scholar-official
  • Hong Sung-won (born 1937), South Korean writer
  • Sung Won Sohn (born 1944), South Korean-born American economist
  • Oh Sung-won (born 1972), South Korean musical theatre actor
  • Choi Sung-won (billiards player) (born 1977), South Korean billiards player
  • Hwang Geum-hee (born 1977), South Korean actress formerly known by the stage name Ji Sung-won
  • Choi Sung-won (actor) (born 1985), South Korean actor
  • Park Seong-won, 20th and 21st-century South Korean theologian
  • Sung-Won Yang, 21st-century South Korean cellist