Young-ho, also spelled Yong-ho, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "
young
Young may refer to:
* Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
* Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood
Music
* The Young, an American roc ...
" and 49 hanja with the reading "
ho" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Young-ho was a highly popular name in the mid-20th century: according to South Korean government data, it was the most common name for newborn boys in 1940, falling to second place by 1950 and third place in 1960.
People with this name include:
Entertainers
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Kim Young-ho (actor)
Kim Young-ho (born May 27, 1967) is a South Korean actor and singer. Kim was a vocalist for underground rock band Ji-poong-woo in Cheongju in 1988, and performed at the River Music Festival in 1990. He made his musical theatre debut in 1994, an ...
(born 1967), South Korean actor
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Flash (gamer)
Lee Young-ho (, born 5 July 1992) is a South Korean '' StarCraft: Brood War'' and ''StarCraft II'' player who played Terran for the Korean pro-gaming team KT Rolster under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. He made his debut as a StarCraft: Bro ...
(born Lee Young-ho, 1992), South Korean professional StarCraft player
Sportspeople
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Kim Young-ho
Kim Young-ho (born April 9, 1971 in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean foil fencer.
At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, he won the gold medal in individual foil, defeating Ralf Bissdorf of Germany
Germany,, of ...
(born 1971), South Korean foil fencer
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Pak Yong-ho (born 1974), South Korean football defender (J2 League)
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Jung Young-ho
Jung Young-Ho (born July 13, 1982) is a male freestyle wrestler from South Korea. He participated in the men's freestyle 66 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the 1/8 of final losing against Serafim Barzakov.
He also partic ...
(born 1982), South Korean freestyle wrestler
Other
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Ri Yong-ho (general)
Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho (; 5 October 1942 – ) was a North Korean military officer who was Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army from 2009 to 2012, as well as a member of the Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea from Septemb ...
(born 1942), North Korean military officer
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Thae Yong-ho
Thae Yong-ho (, ; born 25 July 1962), also known by his pseudonym Tae Ku-min (), is a North Korean-born South Korean politician and former diplomat who is serving as a member of the National Assembly for the Gangnam district of Seoul. He was Nor ...
(born 1962), North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016
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Yoo Young-ho
Yoo Young-ho ( ko, 유영호, born 1965) is a South Korean sculptor.
Career
He graduated in 1991 from the College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University. Later he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany.
One of his sculptures is ...
(born 1965), South Korean sculptor
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Heo Young-ho
Heo Young-ho (born 2 July 1986) is a Korean professional Go player
Player may refer to:
Role or adjective
* Player (game), a participant in a game or sport
** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games
** Athlete, a player in sports
** Pl ...
(born 1986), South Korean professional Go player
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 masculine given names