Meaning of 정남

정남 (Jung-Nam) means “upright · man” when written 正男. It is a classic name, common for people born in the 1960s–80s. Its characters carry the elements 土 Earth, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

Other hanja spellings

• 정 can also be written 貞 (chaste, steady), 庭 (garden, court), 晶 (crystal), 汀 (sandy shore)
• 남 can also be written 南 (south), 楠 (camphor tree)

How to pronounce 정남

Revised Romanisation: jeongnam (jeong-nam). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Jung-Nam. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.