HaKyung

My name, 'HaKyung Song' was given by my dad while my mum was pregnant with me. In my family, "Jun" is the common element. My brother is called "Jun Soo", all my cousins' names are Jun An, Jun Kyung, Jun Hyeon and Jun Yeon. On my dad's side of the family, that was the common element for everyone's name.

However, that did not go the same for me. My parents believed that names starting with "Jun" was not a pretty/nice name for girls. Thus, they chose not to follow the tradition. After a long while, my dad came up with HaKyung.

HaKyung Song.

HaKyung means Summer in Seoul.
Song means a country.

Ironically, with the name of Hakyung Song, I was born in Summer at Seoul, Korea.
I love the season Summer the most and an urban setting like Seoul.

:)


In my opinion, within the article, I found two most interesting aspects. Firstly, the fact that there was a trend to names. For example, names such as Magaret is no longer popular and usually the name for older women. It was interesting to find out that popularity for names change as time passes. Moreover, I was fascinated by the idea that meanings weren't the prior reason for giving names. In Asia, mostly all names are given with special meanings (my name isn't a particularly good example but in Korea especially, many oy my friends had names that meant purity, kindness, glow, intelligence and such) but in Western culture, it was mostly the sound. This is actually the way I see it when giving names (mostly cause that's how my name works) . Meanings are important, but the sound is more important.

I feel that my name is very special because it doesn't own such typical meanings but has a refreshing and pure sound.