Seung
Meaning
“Korean name element written 승; meaning depends on the hanja, including 昇 rise, 勝 victory, and 承 inherit, among others”
The story
Seung is a Korean name element written 승 in Hangul and used in names of women and men. Its meaning depends on the hanja selected. Possibilities include 昇, rise or ascend; 勝, victory; and 承, inherit or continue, along with other characters approved for personal names. Seung may stand alone in Latin text or appear as one syllable of a two-part Korean given name, and romanization can also produce related spellings such as Sung or Seong in different contexts. Without the hanja, choosing one attractive gloss would be guesswork. Seung does not register on this site’s American popularity curve, so no US trend is visible. That is a data limit, not evidence of novelty. The complete story belongs to the Hangul, the chosen character, and the family’s own pronunciation and name order.
How popular is Seung around the world?
In the United States, Seung is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source. At the 2022 census, 78 people in Brazil were named Seung, ranked 49,053rd, with a median age of 51.
Seung is on the official records of Brazil.
United States
under 5 a year
In the United States, Seung is not on the Social Security record for 2020 to 2025: names under 5 in a year are withheld at source.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Seung has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 78 people in Brazil were named Seung, ranked 49,053rd, with a median age of 51.
Among people named Seung living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
England and Wales
last on record 2004
Seung is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
South Australia
last on record 1991
Seung is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
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The Seung deep dive
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