All about Korean names
by Richardson ~ December 17th, 2005. Filed under: Korean Culture. Well, perhaps not everything, but a lot of interesting information on Korean names is found at Wikipedia (in the news recently, at least for scientific information). 
They also have a page that lists Korean surnames in alphabetical order, along with the Hanja and how many people have that name as of 2000 (South Korea only). I see that my Mother-in-law has a relatively uncommon surname: 가 (‘Ka’ or ‘Kah’), and that she is one of about 9,000 others. There is also a section on Korean language.
Surfing around for websites on Korean names turns up a few baby name sites that would cause the careless parent to use the names improperly (most giving one slyabble names), although some offer better examples. My advice would be to seek out a Korean for help, perhaps via the web.
December 19th, 2005 at 6:43 pm
I might add that Koreans and Chinese share a common heritage which includes most family names. I don’t know what my name is in Korean, although I have cousins with the last name of “Jin” (same as “Kim”).
December 19th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
I just found out in Wikipedia that my Korean last name is “Chin”. Cool.
December 20th, 2005 at 2:19 pm
Well, DPRK Studies inspired me to bring some of my own research material out into the public.
January 7th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Trying to find information on given korean baby name(boy) meanings,proper spellings,pronounciation.Name is something like Lee Soum Boch Lee, not sure this is the proper spelling or way it is written, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Wendy