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Sung-il

Sung-il, also spelled Seong-il or Seoung-il, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading " sung" and ten hanja with the reading " il" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. One pair of hanja used to write this name also correspond to a number of different Japanese given names, including the on-yomi Seiichi and kun-yomi such as Iwao and Masakazu.

People with this name include:

  • Kim Seong-il (1538–1593), Joseon Dynasty politician
  • Shin Seong-il (born 1937 as Kang Shin-young), South Korean actor
  • Kim Sung-il (general) (born 1948), South Korean pilot, former Air Force Chief of Staff
  • Ko Seong-il (born 1964), South Korean voice actor
  • Jung Sung-il (born 1969), South Korean figure skater
  • Song Sung-il (1969–1995), South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler
  • Kim Sung-il (footballer, born 1973), South Korean football player
  • Kim Seoung-il (born 1990), South Korean short track speed skater