Seong-hoon

For the Korean name spelled 승훈, see Seung-hoon. For the singer with surname Sung and given name Hoon, see Sung Hoon (singer, born 1980). For the Joseon dynasty philosopher and poet, see Seong Hon.

Seong-hoon, also spelled Sung-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.^[1] 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.^[2] One common pair of hanja used to write this name (成勲) can also be read as a Japanese name Yoshihiro.^[3]

Seong-hoon
Hangul	성훈
Hanja	成勳, 惺勳, 聖勳, and others
Revised Romanization	Seong-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏng-hun

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Sung Hoon (actor) (born Bang Sung-hoon, 1983), South Korean actor
• Kang Sung-hoon (singer) (born 1980), South Korean singer
• Kim Seong-hun (filmmaker) (born 1971), South Korean director
• Kim Sung-hoon (director) (born 1974), South Korean director
• Sung-hoon Kim (born 1978), South Korean pianist
• Ha Jung-woo (born Kim Sung-hoon, 1979), South Korean actor
• Park Sung-hoon (born 1985), South Korean actor
• Sunghoon (singer, born 2002) (born Park Sung-hoon, 2002), South Korean singer, member of boy band Enhypen

Sportspeople

• An Sung-hun (born 1982), South Korean football player
• Cheon Seong-hoon (born 2000), South Korean football player
• Cho Sung-hoon (skier) (born 1964), South Korean football player
• Cho Sung-hoon (footballer) (born 1998), South Korean football player
• Choi Sung-hoon (born 1989), South Korean baseball player
• Yoshihiro Akiyama (born Choo Sung-hoon, 1975), Japanese mixed martial artist
• Jeong Seong-hoon (born 1980), South Korean baseball player
• Jeong Shung-hoon (born 1979), South Korean football player
• Jung Sung-hoon (born 1968), South Korean football player
• Kang Sung-hoon (golfer) (born 1987), South Korean golfer
• Lee Sung-hun, South Korean judo athlete
• Yoon Sung-hoon (born 1983), South Korean field hockey player

Other

• Kim Sung-hoon (biologist) (born 1958), South Korean biologist

See also

• List of Korean given names