Sora (Korean given name)

Sora
Hangul 소라
Revised Romanization Sora
McCune–Reischauer Sora

Sora is a Korean feminine given name. Unlike most Korean given names, which are composed of two single-syllable Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja, Sora is an indigenous Korean name, a single two-syllable word meaning "conch shell". It is one of a number of such native names (called 고유어 이름) that have become more popular in South Korea in recent decades.[1][2] In some cases, however, parents also choose to register hanja to represent the name, picking them solely for their pronunciation (for example, , with hanja meaning "sunlight" and "net", respectively). There are 45 hanja with the reading "so" and 14 hanja with the reading "ra" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may used in given names.[3]

People with this name include:

See also

References

  1. Jeon, Su-tae (2009-10-19). "사람 이름 짓기" [Making a name]. The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  2. "소라". Naver Korean Dictionary. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  3. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 3. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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