Nayeon and Felix (1 Viewer)

[alo]

He's one of the happiest members in the group and the Korean word for happiness is apparently similar to his Korean name, so I assume that's where the name came from.

correct me if i'm wrong as i'm not a stay myself, but i don't think the name yongbok comes from the word haengbok, although that is a clever pun.

the meanings of korean names come from the chinese characters (hanja) used to write them (there are exceptions, but yongbok is not one, as it can be written in hanja). the specific hanja used for yongbok means "scent of the dragon" (yong 龍 meaning dragon, and bok 馥 meaning scent). it's apparently a rather old-fashioned name, given to the dude by his grandfather - no wonder he didn't like it haha.

i actually didn't know he didn't like the name lmao, i just found it rather sweet that nayeon called him by his korean name - like i found chan calling tzuyu sally rather sweet too <3

 

[Yelena_Belova]

correct me if i'm wrong as i'm not a stay myself, but i don't think the name yongbok comes from the word haengbok, although that is a clever pun.

the meanings of korean names come from the chinese characters (hanja) used to write them (there are exceptions, but yongbok is not one, as it can be written in hanja). the specific hanja used for yongbok means "scent of the dragon" (yong 龍 meaning dragon, and bok 馥 meaning scent). it's apparently a rather old-fashioned name, given to the dude by his grandfather - no wonder he didn't like it haha.

i actually didn't know he didn't like the name lmao, i just found it rather sweet that nayeon called him by his korean name - like i found chan calling tzuyu sally rather sweet too <3

This blows my mind, I didn't know about that. That's really cool. It does make more sense logically that he didn't always like it then, given that it's old fashioned.

There was some old footage, probably back in their 2018 or 2019 days, but I can't seem to find it anymore. He was outside in public with the rest of the group and fans were nearby and one of them got his attention by calling him Yongbok. He went from being seemingly happy to looking annoyed. It was probably all in good fun and I doubt he was too bothered by it, but yeah. There's also some articles that talk about it too. Since he's been so accepting of the name recently though, most people either forget he used to hate it or never know, so it doesn't surprise me at all that other people didn't know.

 

[alo]

This blows my mind, I didn't know about that. That's really cool. It does make more sense logically that he didn't always like it then, given that it's old fashioned.

There was some old footage, probably back in their 2018 or 2019 days, but I can't seem to find it anymore. He was outside in public with the rest of the group and fans were nearby and one of them got his attention by calling him Yongbok. He went from being seemingly happy to looking annoyed. It was probably all in good fun and I doubt he was too bothered by it, but yeah. There's also some articles that talk about it too. Since he's been so accepting of the name recently though, most people either forget he used to hate it or never know, so it doesn't surprise me at all that other people didn't know.

oh i really didn't know that! poor guy, being called by a name he didn't like. thankfully he doesn't mind it now!

i was reading up on korean naming conventions out of plain boredom one day, which is why i know where (most) korean names get their meaning from - the chinese characters used to write them (as names are the only korean words still written in hanja in government records, everything else is in hangeul). granted, i don't know either korean or chinese, so whatever information i have on the topic is incomplete. but yeah the chinese characters used to write a korean name is what gives it its meaning - unless it cannot be written in chinese characters (such names are called native names, they may either be words derived from korean vocabulary like seulgi, which means wisdom; or they may be names from other parts of the world - like a christian named daniel, maria, or yohan (john) or something). since the hanja that corresponds to a given syllable can differ, the meaning of a name depends entirely on the hanja specifically used for that name. since 龍馥 is the hanja used for felix's name yongbok, only his name means scent of the dragon. some other person named yongbok (some korean grandpa maybe) may have different hanja, and thus, a different meaning.

like take for example, tempest's taerae and zb1's taerae. both have the same name, but different hanja and thus different meanings. tempest's taerae uses 台來 which means "a star is coming" while zb1's uses 太來 which means "something big is coming". the character 來 which corresponds to the hangeul 래 (rae) means "is coming", but both 台 (which specifically means "a star") and 太 (which specifically means "something big") both correspond to 태 (tae) in hangeul.

 

[Yelena_Belova]

oh i really didn't know that! poor guy, being called by a name he didn't like. thankfully he doesn't mind it now!

i was reading up on korean naming conventions out of plain boredom one day, which is why i know where (most) korean names get their meaning from - the chinese characters used to write them (as names are the only korean words still written in hanja in government records, everything else is in hangeul). granted, i don't know either korean or chinese, so whatever information i have on the topic is incomplete. but yeah the chinese characters used to write a korean name is what gives it its meaning - unless it cannot be written in chinese characters (such names are called native names, they may either be words derived from korean vocabulary like seulgi, which means wisdom; or they may be names from other parts of the world - like a christian named daniel, maria, or yohan (john) or something). since the hanja that corresponds to a given syllable can differ, the meaning of a name depends entirely on the hanja specifically used for that name. since 龍馥 is the hanja used for felix's name yongbok, only his name means scent of the dragon. some other person named yongbok (some korean grandpa maybe) may have different hanja, and thus, a different meaning.

like take for example, tempest's taerae and zb1's taerae. both have the same name, but different hanja and thus different meanings. tempest's taerae uses 台來 which means "a star is coming" while zb1's uses 太來 which means "something big is coming". the character 來 which corresponds to the hangeul 래 (rae) means "is coming", but both 台 (which specifically means "a star") and 太 (which specifically means "something big") both correspond to 태 (tae) in hangeul.

That's really interesting! I didn't know about any of this, and it's already fascinating to me. Maybe I'll have to research it too.