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 playerKim Sang-hoon (born 1973), South Korean football playerJung Sang-hoon (footballer) (born 1985), South Korean football playerYu Sang-hun (born 1985), South Korean football playerPark Sang-hoon (born 1993), South Korean cyclistHan Sang-hoon, South Korean badminton playerKwak Sang-hoon, South Korean politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea in 1960Maeng Sang-hoon (born 1960), South Korean actorChoe Sang-hun (born 1964), South Korean journalistJung Sang-hoon (born 1978), South Korean actorHwang Sang-hoon (born 1981), South Korean rapper, member of Black BeatLee Sanghoon (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of 100%