| Young-hoon | |
| Hangul | 영훈 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeonghun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnghun |
| IPA | [jʌŋβun] |
Young-hoon (영훈), also spelled Young-hun or Yeong-hun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 12 hanja with the reading "hoon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Joo Young-hoon (born 1969), South Korean singer, songwriter, and television personality
- Kim Young-hoon (born 1978), South Korean actor
- Lee Yeong-hoon (born 1982), South Korean actor
Sportspeople
- Choi Young-hoon (born 1981), South Korean football forward (K-League Classic)
- Cho Young-hun (born 1982), South Korean baseball first baseman
- Cho Young-hoon (born 1989), South Korean football defender (K-League Challenge)
Other
- Kang Young-hoon (born 1922), Prime Minister of South Korea from 1988 to 1990
- Lee Young-hoon (born 1951), South Korean economist
- Ko Young-hoon (born 1952), South Korean painter
- Young Hoon Lee (pastor) (born 1954), South Korean pastor, senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church
- Lee Young-hoon (composer) (1960–2008), South Korean composer
- Park Yeong-hun (born 1985), South Korean Go player
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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