Sung-ho

Sung-ho, also spelled Seong-ho, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" and 49 hanja with the reading "ho" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[1] It was the sixth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1950, rising to first place in 1960, but was displaced from the top spot in 1970 by Ji-hoon.^[2]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Sung Kang (Korean name Kang Sung-ho, born 1972), American actor of Korean descent
• Park Seong-ho (comedian), (born 1974), South Korean comedian
• Park Seong-ho (born 1977), South Korean rapper, member of Goofy (band)
• Na Sung-ho, South Korean singer, member of Noel (band)
• Sin Seong-ho, South Korean voice actor

Footballers

• Hong Sung-ho (born 1954), South Korean football goalkeeper
• Park Sung-ho (footballer) (born 1982), South Korean football forward
• Choo Sung-ho (born 1987), South Korean football defender
• Kang Song-ho (born 1987), Zainichi Korean football midfielder
• Jung Sung-ho, South Korean football defender

Other sportspeople

• Kim Seong-ho (born 1964), South Korean modern pentathlete
• Nam Sung-ho (born 1975), South Korean sprint canoer
• Jang Sung-ho (born 1977), South Korean baseball first baseman and outfielder
• Jang Sung-ho (judoka) (born 1978), South Korean judoka
• No Sung-ho (born 1989), South Korean baseball pitcher

Other

• Kim Sung-Hou (born 1937), Korean-born American mathematician
• Seongho Cha, South Korean ballet dancer
• Sung-ho Choi, South Korean-born American artist
• Ji Seong-ho, North Korean defector

See also

• List of Korean given names

References