Seol (surname)

Seol
Family name
Pronunciation Seol, Sul, Sol
Meaning Wormwood
Region of origin Korea
Language(s) of origin Korean
Seol
Hangul
Hanja 薛, 偰
Revised Romanization Seol
McCune–Reischauer Sŏl

Seol (also spelled as Sul or Sol) is a Korean family name, spelled 설 in hangul and 薛 or 偰 in hanja.

People who have this name include:

Lineages

The Korean family name Seol can be written with either of two homophonous hanja. Each of those three are broken down into a number of clans, identified by their bon-gwan (clan hometown, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members), which indicate different lineages.

More common (薛)

(맑은대쑥 설 malgeundaessuk seol) is more common of the two names.

Less common (偰)

(맑을 설 malgeul seol) is less common of the two Seol names.

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