Si-young

Si-young, also spelled Shi-young, or Si-yeong, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 56 hanja with the reading "shi"[1] and 85 hanja with the reading "young"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

Si-young
Pronunciation/ʃi.jʌŋ/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningdifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingSi-yeong, Shi-young, Shi-yeong
Si-young
Hangul
시영
Hanja
時英, 詩永, 始榮, and others
Revised RomanizationSi-yeong
McCune–ReischauerSiyŏng
IPA[ɕijʌŋ]

People with this name include:

  • Yi Si-yeong (1868-1953), Korean male politician, independence activist, educator and neo-Confucianist scholar
  • Lee Si-young (born 1950), South Korean male writer
  • Lee Si-young (born Lee Eun-rae, 1982), South Korean actress and former amateur boxer
  • Lee Si-young (born 1997), South Korean male footballer

See also

References
  1. 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "시"
  2. 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "영"
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