Youngmi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Youngmi

What is the meaning of the name Youngmi ?

The baby name Youngmi is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Korean IPA: [jʌŋ.mi]; English approximation: 'YUHNG-mee' (RR: Yeong-mi).

Youngmi is Korean in Origin.

Youngmi is a Korean feminine given name formed from the Sino-Korean elements Yeong (영) and Mi (미). Depending on the hanja chosen, Yeong may mean “glory” (榮), “heroic/flowering” (英), “eternal” (永), “jade-bright” (瑛), or “reflecting” (映); Mi commonly means “beauty” (美). Typical pairings include 榮美 “glorious beauty,” 英美 “heroic beauty,” 永美 “eternal beauty,” and 映美 “radiant beauty.” Pronounced roughly “yuhng-mee,” its nuance varies with the characters.

Usage of Youngmi surged in South Korea from the 1960s through the 1980s, making it one of the emblematic women’s names of that era; it is less frequently given today as naming fashions diversify. Standard romanization is Yeong-mi under Revised Romanization; alternatives include Young-mi, Youngmi, and the McCune–Reischauer form Yŏng-mi. Related variants replace Mi with similar syllables (e.g., Yeong-eun, Yeong-suk), but Youngmi itself remains a classic, graceful choice.

⚙ Youngmi is a rare name. There are only 43 recorded uses of it in our data, from 17 countries.