Traditional North Korea Names

Belief, trust, new, or other meanings depending on hanja

Beautiful, serene, often associated with 'lotus' or 'bright' depending on hanja.

Pine tree, flower

Excellent and profound, or splendid and virtuous

Precious truth, excellent truth, or outstanding truth

Pure, graceful

Pure child

Gentle, mild, graceful

wish, prayer, desire

Goodness and joy

Accomplish, succeed

Achieve, complete, summer, sky

Accomplished and meritorious

Achieve, complete, clever, quick

Great, grand, big, vast

Great, grand, meritorious deed, or vast, extensive, and meritorious achievement.

Graceful stone

First, origin, vast, or other meanings depending on hanja

Head of the family, or 'first' and 'ceremony/formula'

Rising sun, soaring, or house, depending on hanja

Cloud

Bear; grand, magnificent

Artistic, talented, and handsome

Varies depending on Hanja; often 'flower, glory, summer, sky' combined with 'vast, grand'.

Flower of purity or eternal flower

Talented dragon

Dragon boy, southern boy

Beautiful, lenient

Comfortable and graceful, or 'shine' and 'felicitous omen'

Forever, prosperous, brave, or flower, depending on Hanja characters

Prosperous joy

Abundant, precious; also 'brave, jewel, jade'