Sang-hyun is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "sang" and 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Sang-hyun
Hangul
상현
Hanja
, , , , , and others
Revised RomanizationSang-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerSanghyŏn

Notable people with this name include:

Entertainers
Government and politics
  • Song Sang-hyun (1551–1595), Joseon Dynasty civil minister and general
  • Song Sang-hyun (born 1941), South Korean lawyer, president of the International Criminal Court
  • Sam Yoon (Korean name Yoon Sang-hyun, born 1970), South Korean-born American local politician in Boston
Sportspeople
Others

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.