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When writing Korean names, like Chinese and probably others, the last name comes first, and more often than not that holds true when they're written in English,
by ddoolin 9y ago
When writing Korean names, like Chinese and probably others, the last name comes first, and more often than not that holds true when they're written in English, too. So his last name is Kim and his given name is Jong-Un. Separating the two syllables of the given name makes no sense, as in "Mr. Un". Mr. Jong-Un would be more appropriate, but Mr. Kim would be even more appropriate, as in Korean you don't refer to someone as "Mr. GivenName".
- KGIII 9y agoThanks. I will keep that in mind for the future, however. Mr. Kim has a nice ring to it. Edited because I read your post more carefully.
- LyndsySimon 9y agoIn light of this, I've tried to eradicate the term "last name" from my vocabulary. Instead, I use "given name" and "family name". Yes, I know that's not universal either, but it's close enough that it helps me conceptualize names when I'm writing code that must deal with them :)