Save Gender Masculine Usage Korean Scripts 신원(Korean Hangul) Pronounced Pron. SHEEN-WAHN [key] Meaning & History From Sino-Korean 信 meaning "trust, believe" and 愿 meaning "sincere, hope". Other character combinations are possible as well. A famous bearer of the name is Korean singer, Go Shinwon (고신원), from the boy group, Pentagon (1995-).