Se-jong as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Se-jong

What is the meaning of the name Se-jong ?

The baby name Se-jong is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Korean IPA: /se.dʑoŋ/; approximate English: "SEH-jong" (세종).

Se-jong is Korean in Origin.

Se-jong is a Korean given name, written 세종 in Hangul, formed from Sino-Korean elements; its meaning depends on the hanja chosen. Popular combinations include 世 (se, “world; generation”) + 宗 (jong, “ancestral lineage; exemplar”), yielding senses like “pillar of the world’s lineage,” or 世 + 鍾/鐘 (jong, “bell; to gather, to devote”), suggesting “one who gathers the world’s devotion.” Because South Korea permits multiple hanja for each syllable, parents can craft nuances such as “influence” (勢) or “refinement” (細) for Se.

Usage is strongly masculine but can be unisex. The name is indelibly associated with Sejong the Great, the fourth king of Joseon, whose posthumous temple name was Sejong and who sponsored the creation of Hangul; this prestige fuels contemporary appeal. Variants in romanization include Sejong (Revised Romanization), Se-jong or Se Jong (hyphen/spacing), and Sejŏng (McCune–Reischauer). Related element-swaps appear in names like Jong-se or Min-jong.

⚙ Se-jong is about as rare as a name gets. We count just 1 recorded use of it worldwide, from 1 country.