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Young-mi
Hangul영미
Hanja, , and others
Revised RomanizationYeong-mi
McCune–ReischauerYŏng-mi

Young-mi, also spelled Yong-mi or Yeong-mi, is a Korean feminine given name. It was the tenth-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1960.

Hanja

The meaning of the name Young-mi depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 33 hanja with the reading "mi" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • : ggotburi yeong (꽃부리 영) meaning "flower petals" or ddwieonal yeong (뛰어날 영) meaning "heroic"; areumdaul mi (아름다울 미) meaning "beautiful". These characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Hidemi.
  • : yeonghwa yeong (영화 영) meaning "flourishing"; areumdaul mi (아름다울 미) meaning "beautiful". These characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Emi.

People

People with this name include:

See also

References

  1. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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