Yeong-gi

Yeong-gi
Hangul	영기
Hanja	永基, 榮起, and others
Revised Romanization	Yeonggi
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏnggi

Yeong-gi, also spelled Yeong-ki, Young-gi, Young-ki, Young-kee, or Yong-gi, is a Korean masculine given name.^[1] Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "yeong" and 68 hanja with the reading "gi" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.^[2] According to South Korean government data, it was the fourth-most popular name for baby boys born in 1940.^[3]

People with this name include:

• Choi Yeong-gi (1925–2004), South Korean track and field athlete
• An Yong-gi [ko] (born 1929), North Korean spy, one of South Korea's unconverted long-term prisoners
• Kim Yeong-gi (basketball) (born 1936), South Korean basketball player
• Young-Kee Kim (born 1962), South Korean-born American physicist
• Verbal (rapper) (born Ryu Young-gi, 1975), Zainichi Korean rapper, member of hip-hop duo m-flo
• Min Young-ki (born 1976), South Korean football defender (K-League Challenge)
• Kim Yeong-gi (born 1985), Zainichi Korean footballer (J.League)
• Son Young-ki (born 1985), South Korean foil fencer

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Oh Young-ki (오용기; O Yonggi; born 1965), South Korean former handball player
• Young Gi Han (한영지; Han Yeongji; born 1984), South Korean artist

References

1. "영기, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
3. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.