Kim (Korean surname)

Kim ( 김 ) is the most common surname in Korea, based on the Chinese " Jin " (金) for gold metal. If this mark is not used as a surname, it is written and spoken in Korean " Geum " ( 금 ). It should be noted that " Kim " is actually more like " Gim " is pronounced one but in determining the transcription agreed on this notation because this näherlag for Americans and also the sound is " emphatically " pronounced in Korean, and therefore between g and k seems to be.

In Germany and Austria about 1500 families bear this name. These are mostly immigrants, exchange students or guest workers from Korea. After a statistical analysis on the basis of family books, it is the year 500 in Korea about 10,000 Kims have given.

Bearers of the name

( in Korea is usually a surname is listed first ):

A

Kim A- Long (* 1995), South Korean Shorttrackerin
Kim Aeran ( born 1980 ), South Korean writer
Kim Ah - young ( b. 1982 ), South Korean actress

B

Kim Bo - gyung (* 1987), South Korean singer, see Stephanie ( South Korean singer )
Kim Bo - kyung ( footballer ) (* 1989), South Korean football player
Kim Bo - kyung ( singer ) (* 1990), South Korean singer
Kim Bo - reum (* 1993), South Korean speed skater
Kim Bong- hwan ( born 1939 ), North Korean football player
Kim Bong -soo (born 1962 ), South Korean tennis players
Kim Bu -sik (1075-1151), Korean historian and politician
Kim Bub - min ( * 1991), South Korean archer
Kim Byong -hwa (* 1936), North Korean conductor
Kim Byung -ji (born 1970 ), South Korean football player

C

Kim Ch'aek (1903-1951), North Korean general and politician
Kim Chan -mi (* 1993), South Korean badminton player
Kim Chang- sop (* 1946), North Korean politician and Colonel General
Kim Cheol - min ( * 1992), South Korean speed skater
Kim Chi -ha ( born 1941 ), South Korean writer
Kim Chol -ho ( born 1986 ), North Korean football player
Kim Chon -man (* 1987), North Korean diver
Kim Chul- hwan ( born 1953 ), Korean taekwondo grandmaster

D

Kim Da- sol ( footballer ) (* 1989), South Korean football goalkeeper
Kim Da -sol (* 1989), South Korean pianist, see Da Sol Kim
Kim Dae- eun (* 1990), South Korean badminton players
Kim Dae -jung (1925-2009), President of South Korea
Kim Dae -sung ( born 1984 ), South Korean badminton players
Kim Do - heon ( b. 1982 ), South Korean football player
Kim Do -hoon (born 1970 ), South Korean football player
Kim Do - keun (born 1972 ), South Korean football player
Kim Dong- choon ( born 1959 ), South Korean sociologist
Kim Dong -hun ( born 1986 ), South Korean rail and road racers
Kim Dong -jin ( b. 1982 ), South Korean football player
Kim Dong -jin ( referee ) (born 1973 ), South Korean football referee
Kim Dong -moon ( born 1975 ), South Korean badminton players
Kim Dong -sung ( Illustrator ) (born 1970 ), South Korean Illustrator
Kim Dong -sung ( Shorttracker ) ( born 1980 ), South Korean Shorttracker
Kim Dong-won ( percussionist ) (born 1965 ), South Korean percussionist and composer
Kim Doo -young ( born 1952 ), South Korean lawyer, deputy registrar of the International Tribunal
Kim Du- bong (1886-1958? ), North Korean politician
Kim Duk - koo (1959-1982), South Korean boxer

E

Kim Eun -jung ( b. 1983 ), South Korean long-distance runner

G

Kim Geun -tae (1947-2011), South Korean politicians
Kim Gu (1876-1949), Korean politicians
Kim Gye -jong (* 1956), North Korean archer

B

Kim Ha -na (* 1989), South Korean badminton player
Kim Ha - neul (born 1978 ), South Korean actress
Kim Hae -jin (* 1997), South Korean figure skater
Kim Haeng - jik (* 1992), South Korean Carambolagespieler
Kim Hak- kyun (born 1971 ), South Korean badminton players
Kim Hee- chul ( b. 1983 ), South Korean pop singer and actor
Kim Hee-sun ( athlete ) ( born 1963 ), South Korean high jumper
Kim Hee-sun (actress ) ( born 1977 ), South Korean actress
Kim Heung -soo ( born 1980 ), South Korean ski jumper
Kim Ho ( born 1944 ), South Korean football player and coach
Kim Ho -ja ( born 1968 ), South Korean badminton player
Kim Hoon ( born 1948 ), South Korean writer
Kim Hwang -sik ( born 1948 ), South Korean politician and Prime Minister
Kim Hyang -mi ( born 1979 ), North Korean table tennis player
Kim Hye- gyong (* 1993), North Korean marathon runner
Kim Hye- kyong ( born 1985 ), South Korean marathoner
Kim Hye- song ( boxer ) ( born 1984 ), North Korean boxer
Kim Hye- song ( table tennis player ), North Korean table tennis player
Kim Hye- song ( athlete ) (* 1993), North Korean long-distance runner
Kim Hyesoon ( born 1955 ), South Korean author
Kim Hyeon -woo (* 1988), South Korean wrestler and Olympic champion
Kim Hyo- min ( * 1995), South Korean badminton player
Kim Hyo- sub ( born 1980 ), South Korean wrestler
Kim Hyo- yeon (* 1989), South Korean singer and dancer, see Hyoyeon
Kim Hyok -bong (* 1985), North Korean table tennis players
Kim Hyun -soo ( born 1956 ), South Korean artist
Kim Hyun- ah (* 1992), South Korean singer and dancer, see Hyun A
Kim Hyun- joong ( born 1986 ), South Korean musicians
Kim Hyun -ki ( b. 1983 ), South Korean ski jumper
Kim Hyung -chil (1959-2006), South Korean rider
Kim Hyung- il ( born 1984 ), South Korean football player
Kim Hyung -wook (1925-1979), South Korean politicians

I

Kim Il ( politician ) ( 1912/4-1984 ), North Korean politician
Kim Il- Ch'ol ( born 1933), North Korean politician
Kim Il -jin ( born 1956 ), North Korean conductor
Kim Il -ong (* 1971), North Korean wrestler
Kim Il-sung (1912-1994), head of state of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
Kim Il- yeop (1896-1971), Korean writer, poet, journalist and South Korean Buddhist nun
Kim In -sub (born 1973 ), South Korean wrestler

J

Kim Ja - youn (born 1978 ), South Korean biathlete
Kim Jae- bum ( born 1985 ), South Korean judoka
Kim Jae- hwan (* 1996), South Korean badminton players
Kim Jae- ryong (born 1966 ), South Korean marathoner
Kim Jae -shin ( diplomat ) ( born 1957 ), South Korean diplomat
Kim Jae -shin ( footballer ) (born 1973 ), South Korean football player
Kim Jae -soo ( born 1961 ), South Korean climber
Kim Jae -sung ( b. 1983 ), South Korean football player
Kim Jee - woon (born 1964 ), South Korean film director and screenwriter
Kim Jeon (1458-1523), Korean politician and philosopher neokonfuzianischer
Kim Ji- hyun ( b. 1974 ), South Korean badminton player
Kim Ji-won (* 1995), South Korean badminton player
Kim Ji- yeon (* 1988), South Korean saber fencer
Kim Jin -kyu ( born 1985 ), South Korean football player
Kim Jin -ok (* 1990), North Korean water jumper
Kim Jong ( table tennis player ), North Korean table tennis player
Kim Jong -boo ( b. 1965 ), South Korean football player
Kim Jong- chol ( b. 1981 ), son of Kim Jong- il
Kim Jong- gak (* 1941), North Korean politician
Kim Jong -hun ( born 1956 ), North Korean football player and coach
Kim Jong- il (* 1941/1942-2011 ), North Korean politician, head of state from 1994 to 2011
Kim Jong- min ( * 1993), South Korean biathlete and cross-country skiers
Kim Jong -nam (born 1971 ), son of Kim Jong- il
Kim Jong -pil ( born 1926 ), South Korean politicians
Kim Jong- ryul (* 1935), North Korean Agent
Kim Jong -shin (born 1970 ), South Korean wrestler
Kim Jong- su ( born 1977 ), North Korean sports shooter
Kim Jong -suk (1917-1949), mother of Kim Jong- il
Kim Jong- un ( b. 1983 /84), son of Kim Jong- il, head of state since 2011, Chairman of the National Defence Commission

Kim Joo -sung (born 1966 ), South Korean football player
Kim Joo -young ( born 1939 ), South Korean writer
Kim Joong -suk ( b. 1973 ), South Korean badminton players
Kim Jung -ho (* 1996), South Korean badminton players
Kim Jung -joo ( born 1981 ), South Korean boxer
Kim Jung -nam ( born 1943 ), South Korean football player and coach
Kim Jung -su ( born 1981 ), South Korean Skeleton and bobsled pilot
Kim Jung- sub ( born 1975 ), South Korean wrestler
Kim Jung -won (born 1973 ), North Korean marathoners
Kim Jung -woo ( b. 1982 ), South Korean football player

K

Kim Kap -soo ( born 1957 ), South Korean actor
Kim Ki -duk ( born 1960 ), South Korean film director
Kim Ki- Eung (* 1990), South Korean badminton players
Kim Ki- hoon (born 1967 ), South Korean Shorttracker
Kim Ki- young ( * 1990), South Korean badminton players
Kim Ki -nam ( born 1929 ), North Korean politician
Kim Ki -sung ( born 1985 ), South Korean hockey player
Kim Ki- voltaic (born 1962 ), South Korean table tennis players
Kim Ki -young (1919-1998), South Korean film director
Kim Ku -yong (1922-2001), South Korean poet
Kim Kuk -jin (* 1989), North Korean football player
Kim Kuk - thae (1924-2013), the North Korean military and politicians
Kim Kum- il (* 1987), North Korean football player
Kim Kum -ok (* 1988), North Korean marathon runner
Kim Kwan -jin ( b. 1949 ), South Korean general and politician
Kim Kwang- Hyok (* 1985), North Korean football player
Kim Kwang -kyu ( born 1941 ), South Korean author
Kim Kwang- min ( football coach ) (born 1962 ), North Korean football coach
Kim Kwang- min ( footballer ) ( born 1985 ), South Korean football player
Kim Kwang -sun (born 1964 ), South Korean boxer
Kim Kye - kwan ( born 1943 ), North Korean diplomat and politician
Kim Kyeung -ran ( born 1977 ), South Korean badminton player
Kim Kyok -sik ( * before 1944), the North Korean military and politicians
Kim Kyu -sik (1881-1950), Korean politicians
Kim Kyung- ah ( born 1977 ), South Korean table tennis player
Kim Kyong -hui (* 1946), North Korean politician
Kim Kyong -il (* 1988), North Korean football player
Kim Kyung -ju (born 1976 ), South Korean poet
Kim Kyung -nam (* 1993), South Korean biathlete
Kim Kyung- roul ( born 1980 ), South Korean Carambolagespieler
Kim Kyung -tae ( born 1980 ), South Korean biathlete
Kim Kyung -wook (born 1970 ), South Korean archer

M

Kim Mee - hyang (born 1973 ), South Korean badminton player
Kim Mi- gyong (* 1990), North Korean marathon runner
Kim Mi- kyung ( athlete ) ( born 1967), South Korean marathoner
Kim Mi- kyung ( comic artist ), South Korean cartoonist
Kim Mi- seon (* 1987), South Korean biathlete
Kim Mi -yeon ( born 1979 ), South Korean curler
Mihamm Kim Smoke Wood ( born 1971 ), South Korean theologian
Kim Min - chul (* 1991), South Korean E- sports
Kim Min -jung ( Shorttrackerin ) ( born 1985 ), South Korean Shorttrackerin
Kim Min -jung (badminton ) ( born 1986 ), South Korean badminton player
Kim Min -seo (* 1987), South Korean badminton player
Kim Moo -kyo ( born 1975 ), South Korean table tennis player
Kim Moon -hi (* 1988), South Korean badminton player
Kim Moon -soo ( born 1963 ), South Korean badminton players
Kim Myeong- min (born 1972 ), South Korean actor
Kim Myong- chol (* 1985), North Korean football player
Kim Myong -gil (* 1982 ), North Korean football goalkeeper
Kim Myong -sun (1896-1951), South Korean writer and poet
Kim Myong -won (* 1983), North Korean football player
Kim Myung- guk, Korean painters

N

Kim Nam- il ( born 1977 ), South Korean football player

O

Kim Ok -vin (* 1987), South Korean actress

P

Kim Pan - keun (born 1966 ), South Korean football player
Kim Poong -joo (born 1964 ), South Korean football player
Kim Pyong -hae ( born 1941 ), North Korean politician
Kim Pyong -il (born 1954 ), North Korean diplomat
Kim Pyung -seok (born 1958 ), South Korean football player and coach

R

Kim Rae -won ( born 1981 ), South Korean actor and model
Ryo - Ryong Kim (born 1971 ), South Korean writer

S

Kim Sae- ron ( * 2000 ), South Korean actress
Kim Sa-rang (actress ) (born 1978 ), South Korean actress and model
Kim Sa-rang ( singer) ( born 1981 ), South Korean singer-songwriter
Kim Sa-rang (badminton ) (* 1989), South Korean badminton players
Kim Sam -soo ( born 1963 ), South Korean football player
Kim Sang -ho (born 1964 ), South Korean football player and coach
Kim Sang- jin (born 1967 ), South Korean film director, writer and producer
Kim Sang- shik (born 1976 ), South Korean football player
Kim Seo- ra ( * 1993), South Korean biathlete
Kim Seon -su (* 1989), South Korean biathlete
Kim Seong- hye, North Korean politician
Kim Seong -soo (1891-1955), South Korean educator, journalist, politician and independence activist
Kim Seoung -il (* 1990), South Korean Shorttracker
Kim Seung -il ( born 1945 ), North Korean football player
Kim Seung -ok ( born 1941 ), South Korean writer
Kim Shin -young ( born 1975 ), South Korean badminton player
Kim Si - seup (1435-1493), Korean scholar
Kim So -eun (* 1989), South Korean actress
Kim So -hee (born 1976 ), South Korean Shorttrackerin
Kim So -hui (* 1994), South Korean Taekwondo
Kim So -hyun (* 1999), South Korean actress
Kim So -yeon ( poet ) ( born 1967), South Korean poet
Kim So -yeon ( model ) (born 1978 ), South Korean Model
Kim So -yeon (actress, 1980), South Korean actress
Kim So -yeon (badminton ) ( b. 1982 ), South Korean badminton player
Kim So -yeon (actress, 1984), South Korean actress
Kim So -yeon (actress, 1996), South Korean actress
Kim So -yeon (actress, 2002), South Korean actress
Kim So -young (* 1992), South Korean badminton player
Kim So -young ( Taekwondo ) (* ~ 1965), South Korean Taekwondo
Kim Sohyi (born 1965 ), South Korean- Austrian cook
Kim Song - chol (* 1983), North Korean football player
Kim Song -gi (* 1988), North Korean football player
Kim Song - guk (* 1984), North Korean boxer
Kim Song Gun ( born 1945 ), Korean painter; Korean artists
Kim Soo- hyun (1968), South Korean film director
Kim Soo- hyun (1985 ), South Korean actress
Kim Soo- hyun (1988 ), South Korean actor
Kim Soo- Nyung (born 1971 ), South Korean archer
Kim Su -ji (* 1998), South Korean water jumper
Kim Sun - min ( born 1976 ), South Korean- American children's book author
Kim Sung- hwan ( born 1953 ), South Korean diplomat and politician
Kim Sung- kil ( b. 1983 ), South Korean football player
Kim Sung -soo ( born 1975 ), South Korean actor and TV presenter

T

Kim Tae- hee ( born 1980 ), South Korean actress
Kim Tae -ho (born 1962 ), South Korean politicians (GNP )
Kim Tae- kyun ( b. 1982 ), South Korean baseball player
Kim Tae -woo (born 1962 ), South Korean wrestler
Kim Tae- yeon (* 1989), South Korean singer
Kim Tae -young (officer ) ( born 1949 ), South Korean army officer and politician
Kim Tae -young ( footballer ) (born 1970 ), South Korean football player
Kim Taek -soo (born 1970 ), South Korean table tennis players
Kim Tal -su (1919-1997), Japanese writer
Kim Tong- in (1900-1951), Korean writer
Kim Tong -ni (1913-1995), South Korean writer

U

Kim Ui -seok ( born 1957 ), South Korean film director and producer
Kim Un - guk (* 1988), North Korean weightlifter and Olympic champion
Kim Un - hyang (* 1991), North Korean water jumper

W

Kim Wan ( born 1961 ), South Korean table tennis players
Kim Wan -ki ( born 1968 ), South Korean marathoner
Kim Won- hong (* 1945), North Korean politician and General
Kim Won- il ( born 1942 ), South Korean writer
Kim Won -jung ( born 1984 ), South Korean hockey player
Kim Woo- jae ( born 1979 ), South Korean hockey player
Kim Woo -young (* 1988), South Korean hockey player

Y

Kim Yang - gon (* 1938), North Korean politician
Kim Yeo -yeong ( born 1979 ), South Korean water jumper
Kim Yeon- koung (* 1988), South Korean volleyball player
Kim Yeon -su (born 1970 ), South Korean writer
Kim Yi -yong (born 1973 ), South Korean marathoner
Kim Yong- ch'un ( b. 1935 ), the North Korean military and politicians
Kim Yong -dae ( b. 1979 ), South Korean football goalkeeper
Kim Yong- gyu (* 1993), South Korean biathlete
Kim Yong -hyun (born 1978 ), South Korean badminton players
Kim Yong -il (1944 ), North Korean politician and head of government
Kim Yong -ju (* 1920), North Korean politician
Kim Yong -jun (* 1983), North Korean football player
Kim Yong -nam ( born 1928 ), head of state of North Korea
Kim Yong- se (born 1962 ), South Korean football player
Kim Yong -su ( born 1979 ), North Korean football player
Kim Yoon- jin (born 1973 ), South Korean- American actress
Kim Yoon -mi ( born 1980 ), South Korean Shorttrackerin
Kim Yoon- seok ( born 1968 ), South Korean actor
Kim You- Young, Korean violist
Kim Young- chul (born 1976 ), South Korean football player
Kim Young -gil ( born 1974 ), South Korean badminton players
Kim Young- ha ( born 1968 ), South Korean writer
Kim Young -Hee ( born 1944 ), South Korean sculptor
Kim Young -Ja ( b. 1983 ), South Korean biathlete
Kim Young- kwang ( b. 1983 ), South Korean football goalkeeper
Kim Young- sam (* 1927), South Korean President 1993-1998
Kim Yun -ja (* ~ 1960), South Korean badminton player
Kim Yun -jae (* 1990), South Korean Shorttracker
Kim Yuna (* 1990), South Korean figure skater
Yunjin Kim (born 1973 ), South Korean- American actress

As well as

Ae Kim Hee (now Ae Kim Hee - Goetz ) (* 1960), German - Korean volleyball player
Anatoly Andreyevich Kim (* 1939), Russian writer
Andrew Kim Taegon (1821-1846), Korean Catholic priest
Andy Kim (actually Andrew Joachim ) ( born 1946 ), Canadian singer and composer
Anna Kim (* 1977), Austrian writer
Anthony Kim ( born 1985 ), American golfer
Augustine Kim Jong -soo ( born 1956 ), North Korean clergyman, Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon
Celia Kim (* 1977), German actress
Since Sol Kim (* 1989), South Korean pianist
Daniel Dae Kim ( born 1968 ), South Korean- American actor
Dmitri Kim (* 1989), Uzbek Taekwondoin
Dong -Won Kim ( percussionist ) (born 1965 ), Korean percussionist
Dong -Won Kim ( singer), Korean opera singer
Earl Kim (1920-1998), American composer and music educator
Eric Hyoun - Cheoul Kim ( born 1977 ), Canadian cartoonist
Esther Kim ( born 1977 ), South Korean- German concert pianist
Gail Kim (born 1976 ), Canadian professional wrestler, actress and model
Hyginus Kim Hee -jong ( b. 1947 ), South Korean clergyman, Archbishop of Gwangju
Ill -Young Kim (* 1973), German musician, presenter and actor
Jacqueline Kim (born 1965 ), American actress
Jaegwon Kim ( born 1934 ), American philosopher
James Kim Ji- seok ( born 1940 ), South Korean clergyman, Bishop of Wonju
Jay Kim ( born 1939 ), American politician
Jeeyoung Kim ( born 1968 ), South Korean composer
Jim Yong Kim ( born 1959 ), South Korean -American physician, President of the World Bank
June Kim (* 1988), Japanese - German photo artist
Karina Kim (actually Silvia Sonja Conrad; * 1963), German pop singer
Kevin Kim (born 1978 ), American tennis player
Kristina Alexandrovna Griwatschewa -Kim (* 1987), Russian Taekwondoin
Kwang -Je Kim ( born 1944 ), South Korean physicists
Kwang -lim Kim ( born 1929 ), South Korean poet
Lucas Kim Un - hoe ( born 1944 ), South Korean clergyman, Bishop of Chuncheon and Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung
Min Clara Kim (* 1966), German painter
Minhyong Kim, Korean mathematician, professor at Oxford
Nelli Vladimirovna Kim ( born 1957 ), Soviet gymnast
Paul Kim Ok- kyun (1925-2010), Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul
Paul Kim Tchang - ryeol (* 1927), South Korean minister, retired Bishop of Cheju
Paul H. Kim, American actor
Randall Duk Kim ( born 1943 ), American actor
Richard Kim (1917-2001), American martial arts master
Sandra Kim (born 1972 ), Belgian singer
Sky Kim (* 1982 ), South Korean- Australian Archer
Stephen Kim Sou -hwan (1922-2009), South Korean clergyman, Archbishop of Seoul
Sung -Hee Kim - Wüst (born 1971 ), Korean pianist
Tomaz Kim (1915-1967), Angolan poet and translator
Tschoon Su Kim ( born 1957 ), South Korean artists
W. Chan Kim, American economist
Vladimir Kim, Kazakh businessman and billionaire
Yeong E. Kim, American physicist

Revised Romanization of Korean McCune–Reischauer Emphatic consonant Kim Ah-joong Kim Bong-hwan Kim Bu-sik Kim Bub-min Kim Chol-ho Kim Chon-man Kim Do-heon Kim Dong-jin Kim Dong-jin (referee) Kim Tu-bong Kim Geun-tae Kim Ha-neul Kim Hae-jin Kim Hee-chul Kim Hyang-mi Kim Hyeon-woo Kim Hyo-sub Kim Hyo-yeon Kim Hyun-joong Kim Hyung-il Kim Il (politician) Kim Il-jin Kim Il-yeop Kim Jae-ryong Kim Jae-sung Kim Jin-kyu (footballer) Kim Jin-ok Kim Jong (table tennis) Kim Jong-chul Kim Jong-gak Kim Jong-hun Kim Jong-pil Kim Joo-young Kim Jung-joo Kim Jung-woo Kim Ki-nam Kim Ki-sung Kim Ki-young Kim Gu-yong Kim Kuk-jin Kim Kum-il Kim Kwan-jin Kim Kwang-hyok Kim Kye-gwan Kim Kyung-ah Kim Kyong-il Kim Min-jung (speed skater) Kim Min-jung (Badminton) Kim Moo-kyo Kim Myung-min Kim Myong-gil Kim Myong-won Kim Myeong-guk Kim Nam-il Kim Pyong-il Kim Rae-won Kim Sa-rang (actress) Kim Sa-rang (Badminton) Kim Sang-jin Kim Sang-sik Kim Seong-su Kim Seung-il Kim Seung-ok Kim Si-seup Kim So-eun Kim So-Hui (taekwondo) Kim So-yeon Kim Song-gi Kim Song-guk Kim Su-ji Kim Sung-hwan (politician) Kim Sung-kil Kim Sung-soo Kim Tae-hee Kim Tae-ho (politician) Kim Tae-kyun Kim Tae-yeon Kim Tae-young (general) Kim Taek-soo Kim Dong-in Kim Tong-ni Kim Un-guk Kim Un-hyang Kim Won-hong Kim Won-il Kim Woo-jae Kim Woo-young Kim Yi-yong Kim Yong-dae Kim Yong-il Kim Yong-jun Kim Yoon-seok Kim Young-chul Kim Young-ha Kim Young-kwang Kim Young-sam Anatoli Kim Eric Kim (comics) Kim Kwang-lim Richard Kim (karate)

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