Mu-young is a Korean unisex given name.[1] The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 21 hanja with the reading "mu" and 32 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]

Mu-young
Hangul
무영
Hanja
and others
Revised RomanizationMu-yeong
McCune–ReischauerMuyŏng

People with this name include:

  • Moo-Young Han (born 1934), South Korean professor of physics at Duke University
  • Mu-Young Kim (born 1985), South Korean baseball pitcher
  • Kim Moo-young (born 1986), legal name since 2014 of Juno (singer), South Korean singer

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "무영, 이름검색". Erumy Naming Service. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  2. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2014-02-09.