Sora (Korean given name)

So-ra is a Korean feminine given name. Unlike most Korean given names, which are composed of two single-syllable Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja, So-ra is an indigenous Korean name, a single two-syllable word meaning "conch shell". It is one of a number of such native names (called 고유어 이름) that have become more popular in South Korea in recent decades.[1][2] In some cases, however, parents also choose to register hanja to represent the name, picking them solely for their pronunciation (for example, 曙羅, with hanja meaning "sunlight" and "net", respectively). There are 45 hanja with the reading "so" and 14 hanja with the reading "ra" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may used in given names.[3]

Sora
Hangul	소라
Revised Romanization	Sora
McCune–Reischauer	Sora

List

Notable people with this name include:

• Bak So-ra (fl. 1990s), South Korean voice actress
• Chong So-ra (born 1991), South Korean beauty pageant winner
• Kang So-ra (born 1990), South Korean film actress
• Lee So-ra (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Lee So-ra (model) (born 1969), South Korean model
  • Lee So-ra (singer) (born 1969), South Korean singer
  • Lee So-ra (tennis) (born 1994), South Korean tennis player
  • Lee So-ra (volleyball) (born 1987), South Korean volleyball player

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Sora Jung (Revised Romanization: Jeong Seora; born 1968), South Korean television actress

References

1. Jeon, Su-tae (2009-10-19). "사람 이름 짓기" [Making a name]. The Hankyoreh. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
2. "소라". Naver Korean Dictionary. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
3. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 3. Retrieved 2013-10-17.