Sang-hoon, also spelled Sang-hun, is a Korean masculine given name. It was the ninth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1960 and 1970. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
There are 35 hanja with the reading "sang" and 12 hanja with the reading "hoon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Examples of ways this name may be written in hanja include:
尚勳 (오히려 상 ohiryeo sang "yet", "still"; 공 훈 gong hun "meritorious")
相勳 (서로 상 seoro sang "mutually"; 공 훈 gong hun "meritorious")
相訓 (서로 상 seoro sang "mutually"; 가르칠 훈 garuchil hun "to teach")
湘勳 (강 이름 상 gang ireum sang, the name of the Xiang River in China; 공 훈 gong hun "meritorious")
People with this name include:
Lee Sang-hoon (baseball) (born 1971), South Korean baseball player
Kim Sang-hoon (born 1973), South Korean football player
Jung Sang-hoon (footballer) (born 1985), South Korean football player
Yu Sang-hun (born 1985), South Korean football player
Park Sang-hoon (born 1993), South Korean cyclist
Han Sang-hoon, South Korean badminton player
Kwak Sang-hoon, South Korean politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea in 1960
Maeng Sang-hoon (born 1960), South Korean actor
Choe Sang-hun (born 1964), South Korean journalist
Jung Sang-hoon (born 1978), South Korean actor
Hwang Sang-hoon (born 1981), South Korean rapper, member of Black Beat
Lee Sanghoon (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of 100%
