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The baby name Daesung is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Dae-seong / Daesung (anglicized: "DAY-sung"); IPA: /dɛ.sʌŋ/.

Daesung is Korean in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Korean
Pronunciation: Dae-seong / Daesung (anglicized: "DAY-sung"); IPA: /dɛ.sʌŋ/

What is the meaning of the name Daesung ?

The baby name Daesung is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Dae-seong / Daesung (anglicized: "DAY-sung"); IPA: /dɛ.sʌŋ/.

Daesung is Korean in Origin.

Daesung (대성) is a Korean given name rooted in Sino-Korean elements: dae (대, 大) “great” and seong (성, various hanja). Its meaning varies with the chosen hanja; a popular pairing is 大成, yielding “great achievement,” “grand completion,” or “great success.” Other common combinations include 大星 “great star” and 大聖 “great sage,” among others, so parents select characters to tailor nuance. Pronounced roughly “DEH-sung,” the name is most often masculine in South Korea.

Documented throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Daesung has a steady, traditional feel and gained wider visibility through singer Kang Dae-sung (stage name Daesung) of the group BigBang. Spelling variants and romanizations include Dae-seong, Dae Sung, Daeseong; in McCune–Reischauer it appears as Taesŏng, and North Korean practice often renders it Taesong. Numerous government-approved hanja exist for both syllables, offering flexible semantic pairings while preserving the core idea of greatness joined with achievement, eminence, or virtue.

Daesung is about as rare as a name gets. We count just 13 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 7 countries.

Daesung has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Daesung

Daesung Actor · Born 1989 · South Korea Daesung is a South Korean singer best known as a member of the K-pop group Big Bang. He debuted with the group in 2006 and also found solo success with songs like "Look at Me, Gwisoon," while performing in Japan under the stage name D-Lite.

Daesung – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
KR 0 #8 1 201
KR Boys 0 #24 4 897
BN Boys 0 #139 1 6,332
CN Boys 0 #331 1 9,639
PH Boys 0 #408 1 11,440
EG Boys 0 #925 1 15,035
MY Girls 0 #1,072 1 24,821
MY Boys 0 #1,181 2 25,439
TR 0 #1,254 1 19,440

Daesung is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:

BN
CN
EG
KR
MY

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People also ask about Daesung

Daesung is predominantly a boy's name.
Daesung is a 2 syllable name, pronounced Dae-seong / Daesung (anglicized: "DAY-sung"); IPA: /dɛ.sʌŋ/.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include 대성 (Hangul), 大成 (Hanja), Daesung, Dae-sung, Dae-seong and Daeseong.
Across languages, Daesung has these equivalents: Victor (Latin, 'winner'), Magnus (Latin, 'great'), Prosper (Latin, 'fortunate/successful').
Daesung is a name of Korean origin, traditionally used in South Korea. It doesn't appear in the major international birth registries we track, but it is an established name within South Korea and its diaspora communities.
Yes. Daesung leaves almost no footprint in the statistics we follow, which marks it out as exceptionally uncommon.
Yes — 1 notable people named Daesung are in our database, including Daesung (Actor).