Mi-young explained

Hangul:	미영
Hanja:	and others
Mr:	Miyŏng
Rr:	Mi-yeong

Mi-young, also spelled as Mee-young, Mi-yeong, and Mi-yong is a Korean feminine given name. It was the seventh-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1960, falling to tenth place by 1970.^[1]

Hanja

Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[2] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

• (Korean: 아름다울 미 ; Korean: 꽃부리 영 or Korean: 뛰어날 영): "beautiful flower petals" or "beautiful and outstanding"

People

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Lee Mi-young (actress) (born 1961), South Korean actress
• Tiffany Hwang (Korean name Hwang Mi-young, born 1989), American-born singer in South Korea, member of Girls' Generation

Sportspeople

• Go Mi-young (1967–2009), South Korean mountaineer
• Lee Mi-young (handballer) (born 1969), South Korean handballer
• Song Mi-young (born 1975), South Korean handballer
• Gang Mi-yeong (born 1978), South Korean speed skater
• Lee Mi-young (athlete) (born 1979), South Korean shot putter
• Park Mi-young (table tennis) (born 1981), South Korean table tennis player
• Kim Mi-yong (born 1983), North Korean table tennis player
• Kim Min-seo (badminton) (born Kim Mi-young, 1987), South Korean badminton player

Other

• Ryu Mi-yong (born 1921), chairwoman of North Korea's Chondoist Chongu Party
• Toni Ko (Korean name Ko Mi-young; born 1973), South Korean-born American cosmetics businesswoman
• Angela Hur (Korean name Hur Mi-young; born 1980), American writer of Korean descent
• Miyong Kim, South Korean-born American professor of nursing
• Mi-Young Park (born 1948), Korean-American violinist

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. Web site: 한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?. babyname.co.kr. 2012-11-09.
2. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Seoul. ko. August 2007. 8 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123222/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf. 29 August 2017.