What is "hye-young"

Hye-young, also spelled Hye-yeong or Hye-yong, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading " hye" and 34 hanja with the reading " young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Lee Hye-young (actress, born 1962), South Korean actress
• Lee Hye-young (actress, born 1971), South Korean actress
• Jung Hye-young (born 1973), South Korean actress
• Ryu Hye-young (born 1991), a South Korean actress

Sportspeople

• Hwang Hye-young (born 1966), South Korean badminton player
• Yoon Hye-young (born 1977), South Korean archer and Olympic champion
• Son Hye-yong (born 1980), North Korean archer
• Byun Hye-young (born 1983), South Korean swimmer
• Kim Hye-yeong (born 1995), South Korean football player

Others

• Pyun Hye-young (born 1972), South Korean writer

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Artist Hye-young, in 2006 South Korean film Daisy
• Ahn Hye-young, in 2014 South Korean television series The Idle Mermaid