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Hangul
  
영호

McCune–Reischauer
  
Yŏngho

Revised Romanization
  
Yeong-ho

Hanja
  
泳浩, 映皓, 英浩, 永浩, and others

Young-ho is a Korean male given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 49 hanja with the reading "ho" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Young-ho was a highly popular name in the mid-20th century: according to South Korean government data, it was the most common name for newborn boys in 1940, falling to second place by 1950 and third place in 1960.

People with this name include:

  • Ri Yong-ho (born 1942), North Korean military officer
  • Yoo Young-ho (born 1965), South Korean sculptor
  • Kim Young-ho (actor) (born 1967), South Korean actor
  • Kim Young-ho (born 1971), South Korean foil fencer
  • Pak Yong-ho (born 1974), South Korean football player
  • Jung Young-ho (born 1982), South Korean freestyle wrestler
  • Heo Young-ho (born 1986), South Korean professional Go player
  • Lee Young-ho (born 1992), South Korean professional StarCraft player
  • Yang Young-ho (born 1995), South Korean compound archer
  • Thae Yong-ho, North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016

    • References

    Young-ho Wikipedia
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