Tae: Jeon jeon kook kook jeon jeon kook kook kook~~
JK: What about my name?
Tae: Jeon Jungkook. Your name is hard to pronounce.
JK: My name is rare among people around my age.
Tae: My name is pretty rare too.
JN: Isn’t ‘Taehyung’ the most common name ever?
Tae: No, ‘ Kim Taeyoung ‘ is a common name.
JK: Taehyung is common too.
RM: I feel like Kim Taehyung is more common.
Tae: No, Kim Taehyung isn’t common.
Let’s see if it’s true^^
남준 (Namjoon) : 3134th most common (0.0042% = 42 Namjoons per million Koreans)
96.6% male
the year people named Namjoon were most commonly born in was 2010
정국 (Jungkook) : 2397th most common (0.0059% = 59 Jungkooks per million Koreans)
95.17% male
the year people named Jungkook were most commonly born in was 1983
호석 (Hoseok) : 1596th most common (0.0104% = 104 Hoseoks per million Koreans)
97.95% male
the year people named Hoseok were most commonly born in was 2010
윤기 (Yoongi) : 1249th most common (0.0142% = 142 Yoongis per million Koreans)
94.86% male
the year people named Yoongi were most commonly born in was 1972
석진 (Seokjin): 975th most common given name (0.0196% of Koreans are named Seokjin = 196 Seokjins per million Koreans)
93.72% male (i.e. 93.72% of people with the name Seokjin are male)
the year people named Seokjin were most commonly born in was 2010
태형 (Taehyung): 773rd most common (0.0265% = 265 Taehyungs per million Koreans)
96.09% male
the year people named Taehyung were most commonly born in was 2010
지민 (Jimin): 16th most common (0.3476% = 3476 Jimins per million Koreans)
76.99% female
the year people named Jimin were most commonly born in was 2009
for surnames:
Kim = most common Korean surname (19.79%)
Park = 3rd most common Korean surname (7.79%)
Jung = 6th most common Korean surname (4.45%)
Jeon = 14th most common Korean surname (1.56%)
Min = 39th most common Korean surname (0.39%)
fun fact - people with the 3 most common surnames (Kim, Lee, Park) make up around 40.5% of the Korean population. 3/7 (42.9%) of BTS members have the last name Kim, and 4/7 (57.1%) have the last name Kim or Park.
and a rough translation of the meanings behind the Hanja (Chinese characters) that make up their names:
碩珍 = Seokjin (to become a great treasure)
玧其 = Yoongi (to live a comfortable life where everything goes smoothly)
號錫 = Hoseok (to make your name known throughout the land)
南俊 = Namjoon (to become a respectable and outstanding person of the South, i.e. Korea)
智旻 = Jimin (to have wisdom that reaches the heavens)
泰亨 = Taehyung (to become great and to have everything work out, as intended)
柾國 = Jungkook (to become the center of / a pillar of the country)
