The baby name Sejong is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced [se̞.dʑoŋ].
The baby name Sejong is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced [se̞.dʑoŋ].
Sejong is Chinese, Korean in Origin.
Sejong is a Korean temple name in the Sino-Korean stratum, written 세종 in Hangul and 世宗 in Hanja. Its root language is Literary Chinese read through Korean: 世, se, signifies age or generation; 宗, jong, an ancestral head or revered forebear. The earliest secure form is 世宗, conferred posthumously on Joseon king Yi Do in 1450. Literally the compound reads generation ancestor, rendered by Gari Ledyard as epochal ancestor.
In Korea the name is inseparable from Sejong the Great, fourth king of Joseon, remembered for Hangul and court projects in science, music, medicine, and law. As a temple name, it was not his personal name; before accession he was Yi Do and Grand Prince Chungnyeong. Modern use is chiefly commemorative in South Korea, appearing in Sejong City and King Sejong Institutes. Romanized forms include Se-jong; the same Hanja are Shizong in Chinese and Seisō in Japanese.
Sejong is extremely rare. Across 8 countries, we found just 11 recorded uses of it.
| Sejong the Great Sejong the Great was the fourth king of Joseon and is most famous for helping create Hangul, the Korean alphabet. Born in 1397, he ruled from 1418 until his death in 1450 and is widely remembered as one of Korea’s greatest monarchs. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR | 0 | #7 | 2 | 201 | |
| KR | Boys | 0 | #26 | 2 | 897 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Sejong is popular in 8 countries — most recent births per country:
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