Chang-min is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 25 hanja with the reading "chang" and 27 hanja with the reading "min" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]

Chang-min
Hangul
창민
Hanja
, , , , and others
Revised RomanizationChang-min
McCune–ReischauerCh'angmin

People with this name include:

  • Son Chang-min (born 1965), South Korean actor
  • Choo Chang-min (born 1966), South Korean film director
  • Lim Chang-min (born 1985), South Korean baseball player (Korean Professional Baseball League)
  • Mo Chang-min (born 1985), South Korean baseball player (Korean Professional Baseball League)
  • Lee Chang-min (singer) (born 1986), South Korean singer, member of boy band 2AM
  • Shim Chang-min (born 1988), known mononymously as Changmin, South Korean singer and actor, member of boy band TVXQ
  • Sim Chang-min (born 1993), South Korean baseball player
  • Lee Chang-min (footballer) (born 1994), South Korean football midfielder (K-League Classic)

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 23. Retrieved 2013-10-17.