Young-hee explained

Hangul:	영희
Hanja:	,,,,, and others
Mr:	Yŏnghŭi
Rr:	Yeong-hui

Young-hee, also spelled Young-hi, Yong-hui or Yong-hi, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 25 hanja with the reading "hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[1] Young-hee was the third-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950, falling to ninth place by 1960.^[2]

People with this name include:

Academics and artists

• Lee Young-hee (designer) (1936–2018), South Korean hanbok designer
• Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945), South Korean-born German composer
• Chang Young-hee (1952–2009), South Korean writer
• Lee Young-hee (physicist) (born 1955), South Korean physicist
• Yang Yong-hi (born 1964), Japanese-born Korean writer
• Young-Hee Chan, South Korean-born Australian classical double-bassist

Entertainers

• Ko Yong-hui (1951–2004), North Korean dancer, mistress of Kim Jong-il and mother of Kim Jong-un
• Na Young-hee (born 1961), South Korean actress
• Seo Young-hee (born 1980), South Korean actress
• Kim Young-hee (comedian) (born 1983), South Korean comedian

Sportspeople

• Kim Yeong-hui (speed skater) (born 1955), South Korean speed skater
• Kim Yeong-hui (rower) (born 1962), South Korean rower
• Kim Young-hee (basketball) (born 1963), South Korean basketball player
• Pak Yong-hui (born 1970), North Korean sport shooter
• Han Yeong-hui (born 1973), South Korean swimmer
• Moon Young-hui (born 1983), South Korean field hockey player
• Son Young-hee (born 1993), South Korean weightlifter

Fictional characters

• Young-hee, the animatronic doll featured in Squid Game.^[3]
• One of the dummy names for the questions in Arirang TV quiz show, Superkids

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Kim Yong-hee (disambiguation), for people with Yong (용) rather than Yeong (영) in the first syllable of their given name

Notes and References

1. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 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.
2. Web site: 한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?. babyname.co.kr. 2012-11-09.
3. Web site: McDonagh. Shannon. 2021-10-27. Squid Game doll in Seoul attracts Netflix fans in their droves. 2021-11-08. euronews. en.