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.
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 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. |
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:
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