Top 50 Korean Girl Names and Their Meanings
One of the most exciting parenting tasks is deciding on your new baby’s name. But finding that ideal moniker isn’t always easy! If you are looking for Korean girl names, use our list of popular, cute, sweet, beautiful, and powerful names (with their meanings) to help you along the way!
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Popular Korean Girl Names
If you’d like to name your daughter something modern and trendy, consider one of the most popular Korean girl names. These names have topped the charts in recent years, meaning your little gal will fit well into her generation.
Fun Fact
Did you know that Korean girl names can have multiple meanings depending on the characters used? Even names that sound the same—like Ha-eun or Ji-a—can carry different interpretations based on their hanja combinations. Many parents choose meanings tied to positive qualities like kindness, wisdom, or luck, adding a thoughtful and symbolic layer to their baby’s name.
1. Ha-eun. The name Ha-eun offers an excellent example of how hanja can have multiple meanings. Ha can mean “summer,” “great,” or “talented,” and eun can mean “kindness,” “mercy,” “charity,” “silver,” and “money,” among other combinations. So, you can select the meaning that speaks to you, such as “great, charity.”
2. Ha-rin. As mentioned above, ha typically means “summer,” “great,” or “talented.” But this is the perfect option for a unique Korean girls’ name with a rare meaning, as rin means “female unicorn.”
3. Ha-yoon. Ha-yoon is a good option for a strong Korean name for girls, as you can combine the meanings of ha (“great, talented”) with yoon (“to allow, consent”). Ji Ha-Yoon is a famous singer and member of the Korean group Brave Girls.
4. Ji-a. Give your little girl the name Ji-a for some of the cutest interpretations! Ji is a fairly common Korean name for girls and boys and can mean “wisdom,” “intellect,” “perceive,” “comprehend,” “will,” and “ambition.” Combine those strong meanings with a (ah), which can mean “beautiful,” “bud,” “sprout,” “elegant,” and “graceful.”
5. Ji-woo. A gender-neutral name, Ji-woo can have several meanings. If you’re reading this list in full, you know by now that ji can mean “wisdom,” “intellect,” “ambition,” and more. When used as a surname, Ji can also mean “pond.” Woo is another version of u, which means “rain,” “house,” or “universe.”
6. Ji-yoo. Although Ji-yoo sounds similar to Ji-woo, these popular Korean girl names have slightly different meanings. Of course, ji has the same interpretation, but yoo stands on its own and can mean “abundant, rich, plentiful.”
7. Seo-ah. Seo is a common hanja in Korean girl names, and you’ll see it appear on this list quite a few times. It means “felicitous omen” or “auspicious.” And as you may remember from the name Ji-a, ah or a means “beautiful,” “bud,” “sprout,” “elegant,” and “graceful.”
8. Seo-yun. Again, seo means “felicitous omen” or “auspicious,” whereas yun can mean “soft, sleek,” among other meanings. This makes quite a cute Korean name for your baby girl!
9. Soo-ah. For a popular yet beautiful Korean girls’ name, Soo-ah is a great choice. Soo can mean “water” or “bank,” which is quite pretty when combined with ah, meaning “beautiful,” “bud,” “sprout,” and “elegant.”
10. Bora. The name Bora simply means “purple” in Korean. This would be a rare Korean name for your baby girl—and a cute one if your favorite color is purple!
11. Du. This is also quite a rare Korean girls’ name, as Du simply means “head.” This would be a good selection if you want leadership and intellect to be reflected in your daughter's name.
12. Eun-Kyung. For a unique and sweet Korean girls’ name, consider Eun-Kyung as an option. A typical meaning for this combination of hanja is “graceful gem.” It was a very popular name for girls in South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.
13. Gyeong. This unique Korean girls’ name has a few different meanings. Gyeong can mean “capital city,” “scenery, view,” or “respect, honor.” You could give this name to your little city girl!
14. Mi Cha. Combine mi and cha together to get one of the sweetest Korean names for girls. Mi means “beauty” and cha means “daughter,” which is perfect for your very beautiful daughter!
15. Seo-Yeon. This unique Korean girls’ name is also a pretty one. Seo means “felicitous omen” or “auspicious,” and when combined together, yeon means “beautiful.”
16. Woong. Since your little one is such an exciting addition to your family, you could give her the name Woong, which means “grand and magnificent.”
17. Young-Soon. For a pretty and rare Korean girls’ name, consider Young-Soon. When these hanja combine, they can have the sweet meaning of “mild and flowery.”
18. Ae-Cha. This name could be a fitting Korean name for girls, as it means “loving daughter.”
19. Bong-Cha. If you want your little baby girl to stand out from the crowd, give her the Korean name Bong-Cha, which means “the ultimate girl.”
20. Dae. This sweet Korean girls’ name is a good choice for your little shining star. Dae means “the great one” or “shining.”
21. Eun Ae. There are plenty of cute Korean girls’ names to consider, but one of the most precious is Eun Ae, as it means “grace with love.”
22. Goo. If you’ve been awaiting the arrival of your daughter for a long time, you could commemorate the moment with the name Goo, which means “complete, someone who completes you.”
23. Ha-Yun. If your sweet baby girl is born in the summer, you might like the Korean name Ha-Yun. When combined this way, it’s common for the hanja to mean “summer” and “sunlight.”
24. Min Jee. Choose the name Min Jee to combine the very cute and prosperous meanings of “rightness” and “wisdom.”
25. Sang Hee. Another name with simple combinations, Sang Hee means “benevolence” and “pleasure.”
26. Choon-Hee. This name has a beautiful meaning that could be appropriate for a springtime arrival. Choon-Hee means “a girl born at the time of spring.”
27. Hae. This beautiful name is also romantic and a bit poetic. Hae is a pretty Korean girls’ name that means “girl who is like an ocean.”
28. Jin Ae. If you want a name that conveys how much you adore your baby girl, consider the Korean name Jin Ae, which means “truth, treasure” and “love.”
29. Myung-Ok. This beautiful Korean girls’ name combines myung, which means “bright, luminous,” with ok, meaning “pearl.” Your sweet little one is clearly a bright pearl!
30. Nari. For a pretty floral name, try Nari for your girl, which means “lily” in Korean. Nari is an indigenous name from South Korea and can also be spelled Naree. This is an excellent option if you’d like an easy American name for your Korean girl, as Lily is a good Western counterpart!
31. Soon-Bok. Soon-Bok has one of the sweetest meanings for a baby girl. Soon means “gentle” and “blessed,” and when combined, bok means “one with a gentle soul.”
32. Sun-Hi. Sun-Hi is an alternative spelling to Sun Hee above but comes with a different meaning: “one with a good and joyful demeanor.”
33. Yeong-Suk. You might remember yeong from some of the names above. It can mean “flower,” “petal,” “brave,” and “hero.” And when combined with yeong, suk can mean “good,” “pure,” “virtuous,” and “charming.”
34. Yun Hee. This is a gender-neutral name with a very pretty meaning for a girl or boy, as yun means “lotus flower,” and when combined, hee means “pleasure.”
35. Ji-Won. This name has strong meanings. Interpretations for ji include “wisdom, intellect,” “will,” “purpose,” and “ambition.” And when combined, won can mean “beautiful woman” or “first, origin.”
36. Min Jung. You might be looking for a strong yet pretty Korean girls’ name. In that case, consider Min Jung, which means “bright” and “noble.”
37. Yong. Another good example of Korean naming traditions, Yong has two common meanings: “brave” and “perpetual, eternal.” However, when Yong is used as a single-character name, you can choose just one interpretation, such as “brave.”
38. Chae-Won. The name Chae-Won is a unique and powerful choice, as chae means “to collect, gather, and when combined, won can mean “source, origin, beginning.”
39. Eun-Yeong. Give your baby girl a cute Korean name with Eun-Yeong. Eun can mean “kindness, mercy, charity,” and yeong can mean “flower, petal” or “brave, hero.”
40. Hwan. Hwan is a common hanja combination and one with multiple similar sounds, so you have plenty of options for meanings. However, Korean parents tend to favor the interpretations of “shining, brilliant, lustrous.”
41. Hyeon. This is a powerful Korean girls’ name and one that’s pretty cute, too. It means “virtuous, worthy, able.”
42. Jae. For a short name with multiple meanings to choose from, consider Jae. Some interpretations include “talent, ability” and “wealth, riches.”
43. Kyung Soon. Set your daughter up for a peaceful future with the name Kyung Soon, which can mean “honored and mild.”
44. Kyung-Hu. If you live in a capital city and plan to raise a baby who loves her metropolis, you could use the name Kyung-Hu, which can mean “girl in the capital.”
45. Mi-hi. Among cute Korean girl names, this one might just top the list! The adorable name means “beautiful joy.”
46. Seong. You may prefer a single-character name, and Seong is a good one to choose, as it can mean “succeeded.”
47. Yeong. Another single character that stands strong on its own, yeong can mean “flower, petal” or “brave, hero.”
48. Jisoo. Although born Ji-soo, Jisoo, a member of the group Blackpink, is the singer’s professional name. Ji means “will, purpose, ambition” or “wisdom, intellect,” and when combined, soo can mean “luxuriant, beautiful.”
49. Krystal. Krystal Jung is a Korean American singer based in South Korea with the group f(x). Her sister, Jessica, a former singer in the K-pop group Girls’ Generation, also has a Korean American girls’ name. Krystal is a variant spelling of the clear mineral crystal, but her birth name is Soon-jung, which is perfect, as it can mean “refined, elegant” and “crystal.”
50. Kyulkyung. PRISTIN is a South Korean K-pop group, and one of the singers, Kyulkkyung, is Chinese with the given name Zhou Jie Qiong. Zhou means “boat,” Jie means “heroic, outstanding,” and Qiong can mean “beautiful” or “red jade.”
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FAQs at a Glance
Korean names typically include a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Common surnames like Kim, Lee, and Park are often paired with meaningful first names such as Ji-woo or Ha-eun.
The Bottom Line
In Korean culture, parents often choose their baby’s name based on its meaning. But since there are so many combinations of hanja (Korean letters), the list of meaningful Korean girl names is almost endless! You can mix and match and use your creativity to pick your little one’s moniker, or go with one of the more common names or one-syllable girl names from our list.
We hope you have the baby-naming inspiration you need! As you consider your choices, don’t forget to stock up on those baby essentials. And with the Pampers Club app, you get rewards for all those future diapers and wipes purchases.
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