Entry № 861 · Korean origin

Areum Areum — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-reum /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Beautiful"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "beautiful".

Areum (아름) is the pure Korean word for "beautiful" — one of the rare Korean names not derived from Sino-Korean roots.

Areum is widely used in modern Korea.

Beautiful. The pure Korean word.

The name in its native script.

아름
Transliteration
Areum
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑː.rʌm /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Areum stands.

Areum does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Areums before her.

Real people

In fiction
Areum
Common in K-dramas.

Names connected to Areum.

The number behind Areum.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Areum reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.