Given name & surname

Seong

Seong is a surname from Korean.

Original Korean성(姓)

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Seong comes from Korean.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Korean 성.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Seong’s family of names

In Korean usage, Seong as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 성. In English usage, Seong as a surname was borrowed from the Korean form 성. In Korean usage, Seong as a surname is a transliteration of 성(姓).

Walk Seong’s family in the name graph

Seong성(姓)성ShengXingSong晟

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Seong

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