Dong-won is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "dong" and 35 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
Dong-won | |
Hangul | 동원 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Dong-won |
McCune–Reischauer | Tong'wŏn |
People
editPeople with this name include:
Sportspeople
edit- Choi Dong-won (1958–2011), South Korean baseball player
- Han Dong-won (born 1986), South Korean football player
- Ji Dong-won (born 1991), South Korean football player
- Lee Dong-won (footballer) (born 1983), South Korean football player
- Lee Dong-won (figure skater) (born 1996), South Korean figure skater
- Seo Dong-won (footballer born 1973), South Korean football player
- Seo Dong-won (footballer, born 1975), South Korean football player
- Yang Dong-won (born 1987), South Korean football player
Other
edit- Gang Dong-won (born 1981), South Korean actor
- Kim Dong-won (filmmaker, born 1955), South Korean documentary filmmaker
- Kim Dong-won (director, born 1962), South Korean director and screenwriter
- Kim Dong-won (percussionist) (born 1965), South Korean traditional percussionist
- Lim Dong-won (born 1934), South Korean politician