Seung-hoon

"Seung-hun" redirects here. For the Korean name spelled 승헌, see Seung-heon.

Seung-hoon
Hangul	승훈
Hanja	承勳, 承薰, 承訓, 昇勳, and others
Revised Romanization	Seung-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Sŭnghun

Seung-hoon, also spelled Seung-hun, is a Korean masculine given name.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja with which it is written. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 12 hanja with the reading "hoon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]

People with this name include:

• Yi Seung-hun (1756–1801), Korean Roman Catholic martyr
• Lee Seung-hoon (boxer) (born 1960), South Korean boxer
• Oh Seung-hoon (footballer) (born 1988), South Korean football player
• Lee Seung-hoon (speed skater) (born 1988), South Korean speed skater
• Shin Seung-hun (born 1966), South Korean ballad singer
• Oh Seung-hoon (actor) (born 1991), South Korean actor and model
• Lee Seung-hoon (musician) (born 1992), South Korean singer, member of boy band Winner
• Huni (video gamer) (born Heo Seung-hoon, 1997), South Korean League of Legends player

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Yoo Seung-hoon, in 2012 South Korean television series Shut Up Flower Boy Band

See also

• List of Korean given names
• You Seung-hun (born 1983), South Korean swimmer, whose given name is spelled Seung-hyeon (승현) in Revised Romanisation

References

1. "승훈, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.