OPPA  NAMING TRADITIONS

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Annyeonghaseyo.

Certainly you doesn’t weird when you hear that word, especially for Oppa Korean fans. Most of people say that Korea is famous in romantic drama and boyband. Usually Korean drama lovers are able to memorize many Korean names. They memorize it but do not understand about naming traditions. It is right ? I think most of your answer is “Yes”. Don’t worry let’s we learn about Korean names.

           
Lee Min-Ho    Kim Soh-Yun

Hello K-Drama lovers !!!

Do you know Who are they ? Yes they are Kim Soh-Yun and Lee Min-ho. Traditionally a Korean name has three syllables. The first syllable is the last name and the next two syllables are the first name. Kim and Lee as the surname or we can say that the family name. We are all very familiar with korean Family name such as Kim, Lee, Park and etc.  They named their children by family name in the last name to show that she is from Kim, Lee or Park family. The first example is Kim Soh-Yun from Kim family. The first name from Kim Soh-yun is “Soh-Yun”and the last name is “Kim”. The second example is Lee Min-Ho from Lee family. The firt name is “Min-Ho” and the last name is “Lee”. You can call them by the first name. Then is there a name calling rule after marriage ? Read more for knowing the answer. 

             

Bae Su-Ji           Lee Min-Ho

•       When both of them married what name that we can call for Bae Su-Ji ? Mrs. Lee or Mrs. Su-ji ?

Korean women keep their family names after their marriage. They keep their surnames based on traditional reasoning that it is inherited from their parents and ancestors and cannot be changed. It means we can call Bae Su-Ji by her first name Mrs. Su-ji.  This is very different from Indonesia. Korean society claim that if we call the husband name to the wife it is an impolite act, but if they have children they can take the father’s surname.

That all about my knowledge about naming traditions in korea.

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