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보람 (Bo-Ram) means “worthwhile, rewarding”. It is a pure-Korean (native, non-hanja) name that became fashionable from the 1990s on. As a native Korean word it has no hanja; its meaning is direct and modern.
| Hangul | Hanja | Romanised | Meaning | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 보람 | — | boram | worthwhile, rewarding | 🌿 木 Wood |
보람 is a native-Korean word meaning 'something worthwhile, a sense of reward'. It was a popular girls' name in the 1980s and 1990s during the first wave of pure-Korean naming.
Revised Romanisation: boram (bo-ram). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Bo-Ram. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.