Entry № 9073 · Korean origin

Saimdang Saimdang — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SIGH-im-dahng /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Joseon polymath on the 50,000-won note"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "joseon polymath on the 50,000-won note".

Saimdang (사임당) is the art name of Shin Saimdang (1504-1551) — the Joseon dynasty calligrapher, painter, poet, and Confucian scholar. She is the only woman ever featured on Korean currency — the 50,000-won note since 2009.

The first woman on Korean currency.

Joseon polymath on the 50,000-won note — a Korean name.

The name in its native script.

사임당
Transliteration
Saimdang
Pronunciation
/ ˈsaɪm.dɑːŋ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Saimdang stands.

Saimdang 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.

Saimdangs before her.

Real people
Shin Saimdang
Joseon polymath.
1504 – 1551
In fiction
Saimdang
SBS drama starring Lee Young-ae.
2017

Names connected to Saimdang.

The number behind Saimdang.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Saimdang reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.