Yeong-ok, also spelled Young-ok or Yong-ok, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "yeong" and five hanja with the reading "ok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Yeong-ok
Hangul
영옥
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationYeong-ok
McCune–ReischauerYŏng'ok
IPA/jʌŋok/

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

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Other

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  • Young-Oak Kim (1919–2005), Korean-born American male soldier
  • Kim Young-ok (actress) (born 1937), South Korean actress
  • Kim Soo-mi (born Kim Young-ok, 1949), South Korean actress known for her role in Country Diaries
  • Shin Youngok (born 1961), South Korean female lyric coloratura soprano
  • Young Kim (born Choe Young-oak, 1962), South Korean-born American female politician

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.