Probably not? I believe that it's typicaly a thing with korean parents, after their first child, being Ji and something, they would name them another version of Ji... I'm not sure since I'm not korean, but I know that parents typically do that. Same w/ kpop idols & their siblings like chaeryeong (itzy), chaeyeon, (iz*one) and chae-min
It’s an asian thing. Parents do different things depending on how they feel.
1. Naming their children after fruits like Apple, Cherry and Olive, or flowers like rose, daisy, etc. Or even colors.
2. Maybe a theme of heroes names or weather like Raine, Sunny, Snow or Snoe
3. Same first letters/initials like Alex and Axel, so they’ll have the same initials as their middle and last name are the same
4. Or in places where 2 to 3 first names are trendy, they make the children have at least 1 same name like John, John David and Mark John or Anne, Michelle Anna and Annabelle.
Yeah that's what I'm curious about. Why is it San, Jung, Ho, Geol
sanjunghogeol (산중호걸 or 山中豪傑) is a 4 character idiom that refers to a hero living in the mountains with the spirit of a tiger or a tiger itself. there’s a children’s song about it too. it seems their parents might’ve gotten their names from the idiom.
ji is their last name, they all have one character first names. but when siblings share a syllable in their given names that’s their “generational name”. it’s a more traditional korean thing that depends on the family, some follow the generational name sequence and some don’t, and the generational name can either be the first or second syllable of their given name :)
By the sound of it, it’s probably a play on words where the 4 names means something when combined, which is funny because they had to plan how many kids they’re actually having for it to happen.
Looks like the person above my previous comment knows it. It’s an idiom, which is a concept pretty prominent in Korea.
WOAH FINALLY. Thank you sm! I've been curious about it
Is there any special meaning behind the four siblings' names? Ji San, Ji Joong, Ji Ho, Ji Geol