| Young-hee | |
| Hangul | 영희 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeong-hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnghŭi |
Young-hee,[ pronunciation?] also spelled Young-hi, Yong-hui or Yong-hi, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 25 hanja with the reading " hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1] Young-hee was the third-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950, falling to ninth place by 1960. [2]
People with this name include:
- Lee Young-hee (designer) (1936–2018), South Korean hanbok designer
- Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945), South Korean-born German composer
- Chang Young-hee (1952–2009), South Korean writer
- Lee Young-hee (physicist) (born 1955), South Korean physicist
- Yang Yong-hi (born 1964), Japanese-born Korean writer
- Young-Hee Chan, South Korean-born Australian classical double-bassist
- Ko Yong-hui (1951–2004), North Korean dancer, mistress of Kim Jong-il and mother of Kim Jong-un
- Na Young-hee (born 1961), South Korean actress
- Seo Young-hee (born 1980), South Korean actress
- Kim Young-hee (comedian) (born 1983), South Korean comedian
- Kim Yeong-hui (speed skater) (born 1955), South Korean speed skater
- Kim Yeong-hui (rower) (born 1962), South Korean rower
- Kim Young-hee (basketball) (born 1963), South Korean basketball player
- Pak Yong-hui (born 1970), North Korean sport shooter
- Han Yeong-hui (born 1973), South Korean swimmer
- Moon Young-hui (born 1983), South Korean field hockey player
- Son Young-hee (born 1993), South Korean weightlifter
- Young-hee, the animatronic doll featured in Squid Game. [3]
- One of the dummy names for the questions in Arirang TV quiz show, Superkids
- List of Korean given names
- Kim Yong-hee (disambiguation), for people with Yong (용) rather than Yeong (영) in the first syllable of their given name
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ McDonagh, Shannon (2021-10-27). "Squid Game doll in Seoul attracts Netflix fans in their droves". euronews. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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| Young-hee | |
| Hangul | 영희 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeong-hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnghŭi |
Young-hee,[ pronunciation?] also spelled Young-hi, Yong-hui or Yong-hi, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 25 hanja with the reading " hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1] Young-hee was the third-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950, falling to ninth place by 1960. [2]
People with this name include:
- Lee Young-hee (designer) (1936–2018), South Korean hanbok designer
- Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945), South Korean-born German composer
- Chang Young-hee (1952–2009), South Korean writer
- Lee Young-hee (physicist) (born 1955), South Korean physicist
- Yang Yong-hi (born 1964), Japanese-born Korean writer
- Young-Hee Chan, South Korean-born Australian classical double-bassist
- Ko Yong-hui (1951–2004), North Korean dancer, mistress of Kim Jong-il and mother of Kim Jong-un
- Na Young-hee (born 1961), South Korean actress
- Seo Young-hee (born 1980), South Korean actress
- Kim Young-hee (comedian) (born 1983), South Korean comedian
- Kim Yeong-hui (speed skater) (born 1955), South Korean speed skater
- Kim Yeong-hui (rower) (born 1962), South Korean rower
- Kim Young-hee (basketball) (born 1963), South Korean basketball player
- Pak Yong-hui (born 1970), North Korean sport shooter
- Han Yeong-hui (born 1973), South Korean swimmer
- Moon Young-hui (born 1983), South Korean field hockey player
- Son Young-hee (born 1993), South Korean weightlifter
- Young-hee, the animatronic doll featured in Squid Game. [3]
- One of the dummy names for the questions in Arirang TV quiz show, Superkids
- List of Korean given names
- Kim Yong-hee (disambiguation), for people with Yong (용) rather than Yeong (영) in the first syllable of their given name
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ McDonagh, Shannon (2021-10-27). "Squid Game doll in Seoul attracts Netflix fans in their droves". euronews. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.