Seon-ho as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Seon-ho

What is the meaning of the name Seon-ho ?

The baby name Seon-ho is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /sʌn.ho/ (approx. "SUN-ho").

Seon-ho is Korean in Origin.

Seon-ho (선호) is a masculine Korean given name built from Sino-Korean morphemes; its meaning depends on the hanja chosen. Common graphs for Seon include 善 “virtuous,” 宣 “to proclaim,” 先 “foremost,” and 禪 “meditative, Zen.” Ho is often written 浩 “vast,” 皓 “bright, luminous,” 昊 “great sky,” 虎 “tiger,” 豪 “magnanimous,” or 湖 “lake.” Typical pairings yield senses such as “virtuous vastness,” “foremost brightness,” or “proclaiming under the great sky.”

Used in both North and South Korea from late Joseon into the present, Seon-ho has remained a steady, traditionally masculine choice; contemporary figures like actor Kim Seon-ho have boosted its global familiarity. Official South Korean name regulations require selecting hanja from an approved list, so families tailor meanings accordingly. Romanization variants include Seon-ho (RR), Sŏn-ho (MR), and spellings such as Sun-ho, Sunho, or Seonho in English contexts; Hangul remains 선호.

⚙ Nothing for Seon-ho shows up in the birth registries or name datasets we track. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. Whatever the reason, hardly anyone else has it.