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.
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. 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 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
