Seong-hoon, also spelled Sung-hoon, is a Korean masculine given name. It was the fifth-most popular name for baby boys in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

in 1970, falling to sixth place in 1980. Its 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, ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " sung" and 12 hanja with the reading "

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" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. One common pair of hanja used to write this name () can also be read as a

Japanese name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expec ...

Yoshihiro. People with this name include:

Entertainers and musicians

* Kim Seong-hun (filmmaker) (born 1971), South Korean director * Kim Sung-hoon (director) (born 1974), South Korean director * Sung-hoon Kim (born 1978), South Korean pianist *Kim Sung-hoon, stage name Ha Jung-woo (born 1979), South Korean actor * Kang Sung-hoon (singer) (born 1980), South Korean singer, lead vocalist of Sechs Kies * Sung Hoon, birth name Bang Sung-hoon (born 1983), South Korean actor * Park Sung-hoon (actor) (born 1985), South Korean actor * Park Sung-hoon (singer) (born 2002), South Korean singer, member of Enhypen

Sportspeople

Footballers

* Jung Sung-hoon (born 1968), South Korean youth manager and former defender * Jeong Shung-hoon (born 1979), South Korean striker (Korea National League) *

An Sung-hun An Sung-hun (; born 11 September 1982) is a South Korean footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Seoul (then known as Anyang LG Cheetahs) and Incheon United in the K League. When he was in FC Seoul, He appeared on friendly match with Fran ...

(born 1982), South Korean midfielder (K League) * Cho Sung-hoon (footballer) (born 1998), South Korean goalkeeper (K League) * Cheon Seong-hoon (born 2000), South Korean striker (K League)

Other sportspeople

Cho Sung-hoon (skier) Cho Sung-hoon (born 3 April 1964) is a South Korean cross-country skier. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiq ...

(born 1964), South Korean skier *Choo Sung-hoon (born 1975), later known as

Yoshihiro Akiyama , also known as and by his nickname Sexyama, is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka who won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championships for South Korea and for Japan at the 2002 Asian Games. A fourth-generation Japanese of ...

, Japanese mixed martial artist of Korean descent *

Jeong Seong-hoon Jeong Seong-hoon (born June 27, 1980) is South Korean former professional baseball player. He represented the South Korea national baseball team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. After nine seasons with the LG Twins, Jeong was released by t ...

(born 1980), South Korean baseball player * Yoon Sung-hoon (born 1983), South Korean field hockey player * Kang Sung-hoon (golfer) (born 1987), South Korean golfer *

Choi Sung-hoon Choi Sung-hoon (; born October 11, 1989 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean pitcher for the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws left-handed. Choi was selected 16th overall by the LG Twins in the KBO Draft ...

(born 1989), South Korean baseball player * Park Sung-hoon (figure skater) (born 2002), South Korean figure skater and singer, member of Enhypen * Lee Sung-hun, South Korean judo athlete

Other

Kim Sung-hoon (biologist) Dr. Kim Sunghoon is a South Korean biologist. Education *1981 B.S. Seoul National University *1983 M.S. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology *1991 Ph.D. Brown University, U.S. Work Dr. Sunghoon Kim has been studying novel fu ...

(born 1958), South Korean biologist

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