민영

given name · Hangul script

Meaning: private management

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

민영 is a given name written in the Hangul script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 804(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 615Kas Minyoung
  • CNChina≈1 in 5.8M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than 민영 itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈64,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
126 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 804 (inferred from the name graph)

South Korea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

민영Hangul(measured from records)
MinyoungLatin(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Minyoung in US United States, SG Singapore, CN China and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

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Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

민영 counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where 민영 is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#118≈64,000 est.≈1 in 804—민영102
KP North Korea—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 11K—Minyoung10
US United States—541as Minyoung1 in 615K420Minyoung126
CN China—≈240 est.≈1 in 5.8M—Minyoung6
AO Angola—≈230 est.≈1 in 141K—Minyoung1
SG Singapore—≈21 est.≈1 in 292K—Minyoung10
AT Austria—≈17 est.≈1 in 518K—Minyoung4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1900195020002050Uhm Min-young, b. 1915Tae Min-yeong, b. 1954Ahn Min-young, b. 1970Lee Min-young, b. 1976Park Min Young, b. 1986Jennifer Song, b. 1989Kim Min-young, b. 1990Kim Min-young, b. 1990Min, b. 1991Choi Min-young, b. 2002
  • Uhm Min-youngb. 1915KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean diplomat (1915-1969)
  • Tae Min-yeongb. 1954KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor (1954-2000)
  • Ahn Min-youngb. 1970KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress, born 1970
  • Lee Min-youngb. 1976KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Park Min Youngb. 1986KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean model and actress
  • Jennifer Songb. 1989KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean professional golfer
  • Kim Min-youngb. 1990KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Kim Min-youngb. 1990KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer
  • Minb. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer and rapper
  • Choi Min-youngb. 2002KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean television and film actor, born 2002

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name 민영 mean, and where does it come from?
private management Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is 민영 a male or female name?
민영 is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does 민영 have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 64 thousand people named 민영 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled 민영.
How common is the name 민영?
In the United States, the national register counted 541 people named Minyoung in 2020, about 1 in 615 thousand residents.
How common is 민영 compared with other names?
In South Korea, 민영 is the 118th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “민영” — the 118th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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