Chan-young, Chan-yeong, or Chan-yong is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "Chan" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
Chan-young | |
Hangul | 찬영 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Chan-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'anyŏng |
People with this name include:
- Kim Chan-young (born 1989), South Korean footballer
- Park Chan-young (handballer) (born 1983), South Korean handball player
- Park Chan-young (footballer) (born 1986), South Korean football player
- Yoon Chan-young (born 2001), South Korean actor
- Kim Chan-young (born 2000), South Korean rapper and member of D-Crunch
- Park Chan-yong (born 1963), South Korean boxer
- Lee Chan-young (Korean: 이찬영; born 2004), also known as Anton Lee, is a Korean-American singer and a member of the South Korean boy group Riize.
See also
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edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2019.