Mi-young
| Mi-young | |
| Hangul | 미영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 美英 and others |
| Revised Romanization | Mi-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Miyŏng |
Mi-young, also spelled Mee-young or Mi-yong, is a Korean feminine given name. It was the seventh-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1960, falling to tenth place by 1970.[1]
Hanja
Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:
- 美英 (아름다울 미 areumdaul mi, 꽃부리 영/뛰어날 영 ggotburi yeong or ddwieonal yeong): "beautiful flower petals" or "beautiful and outstanding"
People
People with this name include:
- Entertainers
- Lee Mi-young (actress) (born 1961), South Korean actress
- Tiffany Hwang (Korean name Hwang Mi-young, born 1989), American-born singer in South Korea, member of Girls' Generation
- Sportspeople
- Go Mi-young (1967–2009), South Korean mountaineer
- Lee Mi-young (handballer) (born 1969), South Korean handballer
- Song Mi-young (born 1975), South Korean handballer
- Lee Mi-young (athlete) (born 1979), South Korean shot putter
- Park Mi-young (born 1981), South Korean table tennis player
- Kim Mi-yong (born 1983), North Korean table tennis player
- Other
- Ryu Mi-yong (born 1921), chairwoman of North Korea's Chondoist Chongu Party
- Angela Hur (Korean name Hur Mi-young, born 1980), Korean American writer
- Miyong Kim, South Korean-born American professor of nursing
See also
References
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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