| Byung-ho | |
| Hangul | 병호 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Byeong-ho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pyŏngho |
Byung-ho, also spelled Byong-ho or Pyong-ho, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading " byung" 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] According to South Korean government data, Byung-ho was the third-most popular name for baby boys in 1940. [2]
People with this name include:
- Im Pyong-ho (born 1916), formerly one of South Korea's unconverted long-term prisoners
- Jon Pyong-ho (born 1926), North Korean politician, Chief Secretary of the Cabinet's Korean Workers Party Committee
- Son Byong-ho (born 1962), South Korean actor
- Shin Byung-ho (born 1977), South Korean football player
- Park Byung-ho (born 1986), South Korean baseball player
- Yoon Byung-hoon (stage name: Ji Yoon-ho) (born 1991), South Korean actor
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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