What is "seong-hoon"

Sung-hoon, also spelled Seong-hoon, is a Korean masculine given name. It was the fifth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1970, falling to sixth place in 1980. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " sung" and 12 hanja with the reading " hoon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. One common pair of hanja used to write this name can also be read as a Japanese name Yoshihiro. People with this name include:

Entertainers and musicians

• Kim Seong-hun (filmmaker) (born 1971), South Korean director
• Kim Sung-hoon (born 1978), South Korean pianist
• Kim Sung-hoon, stage name Ha Jung-woo (born 1979), South Korean actor
• Kang Sung-hoon (singer) (born 1980), South Korean singer, lead vocalist of Sechs Kies
• Sung Hoon, birth name Bang Sung-hoon (born 1983), South Korean actor

Footballers

• Jung Sung-hoon (born 1968), South Korean footballer
• Jeong Shung-hoon (born 1979), South Korean footballer
• An Sung-hun (born 1982), South Korean footballer

Other sportspeople

• Choo Sung-hoon (born 1975), later known as Yoshihiro Akiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist of Korean descent
• Jeong Seong-hoon (born 1980), South Korean baseball player
• Yoon Sung-hoon (born 1983), South Korean field hockey player
• Kang Sung-hoon (golfer) (born 1987), South Korean golfer
• Choi Sung-hoon (born 1989), South Korean baseball player
• Lee Sung-hun, South Korean judoka