Meaning of My Name

My name, Jung Hun(김정훈 written in Korean), has some useful meaning. Jung came from generation. For example, My grandfather’s name is Kim Jin Du and my grandfather’s brother’s name is Kim Jin Chool. Notice that there are all Jin’s in their names. My father’s name is Kim Gun Ho. My uncle’s name is Kim Sung Ho. For that generation, they used the name Ho. In my generation, we use Jung. I don’t have a brother so, my cousin’s name is Jung Bin. Then, Hun was created by my grandparents. Hun means useful to the country. My grandparents put a Hun in my name because they wanted to make me a diplomat. (I don’t really like the choice)

I had a nickname called Edwin. I copied that name from one of my favorite Manchester United goalkeepers (now retired) called Edwin Van Der Sar. It was in 4th grade when I had the name. I told all my friends to call me Edwin because I felt that was a great name. At 5th grade, almost everyone started to call me Edwin. But I found out that it was very weird to use that name because it’s kind of funny to copy an unusual name. So, now, when people call me Edwin I won’t really like it that much.

I like my name because I want to be something useful to the country. I want to be famous in the future and tell people about South Korea. I don’t really have a dream yet, but my only dream is to tell people how amazing and cool South Korea is.