Ho-sung, also spelled Ho-seong, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 49 hanja with the reading "ho" and 27 hanja with the reading "sung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]
Ho-sung | |
Hangul | 호성 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Ho-seong |
McCune–Reischauer | Hosŏng |
People with this name include:
- Kim Ho-seong (1959-2021), South Korean voice actor
- Lee Ho-seong (baseball) (1967–2008), South Korean baseball player
- Ho-Sung Pak (born 1967), South Korean-born American film actor and martial artist
- Lee Ho-sung (fencer) (born 1968), South Korean fencer
- Kim Sol (born Kim Ho-seong, 1973), South Korean writer
- Choi Ho-sung (born 1973), South Korean golfer
- Cho Ho-sung (born 1974), South Korean track cyclist
- Lee Ho-sung (footballer) (born 1974), South Korean football player
See also
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edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2018.