Hye-young, also spelled Hye-yeong or Hye-yong, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "
hye" and 34 hanja with the reading "
young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
Entertainers
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Lee Hye-young (actress, born 1962), South Korean actress
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Lee Hye-young (actress, born 1971), South Korean actress
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Jung Hye-young (born 1973), South Korean actress
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Ryu Hye-young (born 1991), South Korean actress
Sportspeople
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Hwang Hye-young (born 1966), South Korean badminton player
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Yoon Hye-young (born 1977), South Korean archer and Olympic champion
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Son Hye-yong (born 1980), North Korean archer
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Byun Hye-young
Byun Hye-young (also ''Byeon Hye-yeong'', ko, 변혜영; born June 17, 1983) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and eventual ...
(born 1983), South Korean swimmer
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Kim Hye-yeong
Kim Hye-yeong ( or ; born 26 February 1995) is a South Korean Association football, football player for Gyeongju KHNP WFC, Gyeongju KHNP and the South Korea women's national football team, South Korean national team. She participated at the 2015 ...
(born 1995), South Korean football player
Others
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Pyun Hye-young (born 1972), South Korean writer
Fictional characters
* Artist Hye-young, in 2006 South Korean film
''Daisy''
* Ahn Hye-young, in 2014 South Korean television series ''
The Idle Mermaid''
*Byun Hye-young, in 2017 South Korean television series ''
My Father Is Strange''
*Lee Hye-yeong (李惠永), one of the two leading male characters in South Korean
Netflix original series ''
Love Alarm'' (2019-2021)
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
References
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Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names