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Romanising Korean Personal Names With Two or More Surnames


1. If a Romanised Korean personal name includes a combination of two or more surnames, separate the syllables with a space and capitalise each syllable. Such a name could consist of a combination of a husband and wife's family names, a mother and daughter's family names, etc.

  • Chief source: Cho Han Hye-jong.
    Pref.: The author added her mother's maiden name to her last name.
  • Heading: Cho Han, Hye-jong
  • Name Authority Record:
    x Cho, Hye-jong
    x Han, Hye-jong

2. If the name includes two or more surnames, but one of these is indicated as chief, use that name as the surname, and provide a SEE REFERENCE from the two surnames together.

  • Chief source: Cha (Pae) Ok-tok
  • Heading: Cha, Ok-tok
  • Name Authority Record:
    x Cha Pae, Ok-tok
    x Pae, Ok-tok

3. Henceforth, the Library of Congress will change existing headings on authority and bibliographic records so that they are consistent with this format
i.e. Surname 1, Surname 2, Forename, etc.
For example, if we find an authority record with the heading O-Chang, Mi-gyong, we would change it to O Chang, Mi-gyong.


4. These names are to be distinguished from single surnames that consist of two or more syllables (Namgong, Sonu).


Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division
Library of Congress
18 January 2002