Jungwon (정원): Korean name meaning

Meaning of 정원

정원 (Jung-Won) means “upright · source, spring” when written 正源. It is popular for those born in the 2000s. Its characters carry the elements 土 Earth, 水 Water, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

Other hanja spellings

• 정 can also be written 貞 (chaste, steady), 庭 (garden, court), 晶 (crystal), 汀 (sandy shore)
• 원 can also be written 媛 (graceful woman), 元 (origin, first), 苑 (garden), 圓 (round, complete)

How to pronounce 정원

Revised Romanisation: jeongwon (jeong-won). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Jung-Won. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.

Famous people named 정원

• Jungwon (ENHYPEN)