Seung-hoon as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Seung-hoon

What is the meaning of the name Seung-hoon ?

The baby name Seung-hoon is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Korean IPA: [sɯŋ.hun]; approximate romanization: 'seung-hoon' (sounds like 'sɯng-hoon').

Seung-hoon is Korean in Origin.

Seung-hoon (Korean: 승훈) is a masculine given name formed from Sino-Korean elements. Seung (승) can be written with hanja such as 承 “to inherit/continue,” 昇 “to rise,” or 勝 “victory,” while Hoon (훈) commonly uses 勳 “merit, decoration,” 訓 “instruction,” or 薰 “fragrance.” The combined sense depends on the chosen characters, yielding readings like “rising merit,” “victorious merit,” or “continuing instruction.” These characters are drawn from South Korea’s approved roster of hanja for given names.

Used from the late Joseon period into the present, Seung-hoon remains familiar, with bearers ranging from the 18th-century Catholic pioneer Yi Seung-hun to contemporary figures like Olympic speed skater Lee Seung-hoon and musician Lee Seung-hoon. Variant romanizations include Seung-hun (Revised Romanization), Seunghun/Seung Hoon (no hyphen or spacing), and the McCune–Reischauer form Sŭnghun; note that “Sung-hoon” typically represents a different name (Seong-hun, 성훈). The name’s tone emphasizes virtue, achievement, and upward progress.

⚙ Seung-hoon is vanishingly rare. In all, it appears just 2 times, across 1 country.