Nam-seon, also spelled Nam-sun, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the

hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are five hanja with the reading "nam" and 41 hanja with the reading " seon" on the

South Korean government The government of South Korea () is the national government of the Republic of Korea, created by the Constitution of South Korea as the executive, legislative and judicial authority of the republic. The president acts as the head of state and ...

's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *

Choe Nam-seon Choi () is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized as ''Choi ...

(1890–1957), Korean male historian and independence activist * Ryu Soo-young (born 1979 as Eo Nam-seon), South Korean male actor * Kim Nam-sun (born 1981), South Korean female handball player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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{{given name Korean unisex given names

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