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{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 영미
| hanja  = {{linktext|英|美}}, {{linktext|榮|美}}, and others
| mr     = Yŏng-mi
| rr     = Yeong-mi
}}
'''Young-mi''', also spelled '''Yong-mi''' or '''Yeong-mi''', is a Korean feminine given name. It was the tenth-most popular name for baby girls born in [[South Korea]] in 1960.<ref name="babyname.co.kr">{{cite web|url=http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?cate1=14&name=|title=한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?|publisher=babyname.co.kr|access-date=2012-11-09}}</ref>
==Hanja==
The meaning of the name Young-mi depends on the [[hanja]] used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "[[Young (Korean name)|young]]" and 33 hanja with the reading "mi" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|title=인명용 한자표|trans-title=Table of hanja for use in personal names|publisher=Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea|publication-place=Seoul|access-date=25 May 2016}}</ref> Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:
*{{linktext|英|美}}: '' ggotburi yeong'' ({{lang|ko|꽃부리 영}}) meaning "flower petals" or ''ddwieonal yeong'' ({{lang|ko|뛰어날 영}}) meaning "heroic"; ''areumdaul mi'' ({{lang|ko|아름다울 미}}) meaning "beautiful". These characters are also used to write the [[Japanese given name]] [[Hidemi]].<ref name="ENAMDICT">{{cite book|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi|first=Jim|last=Breen|author-link=Jim Breen|title=Japanese Names Dictionary|publisher=Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group|year=2011|access-date=2012-12-02}}</ref>
*{{linktext|榮|美}}: ''yeonghwa yeong'' ({{lang|ko|영화 영}}) meaning "flourishing"; ''areumdaul mi'' ({{lang|ko|아름다울 미}}) meaning "beautiful". These characters are also used to write the Japanese given name [[Emi]].<ref name="ENAMDICT"/>
==People==
People with this name include:
*[[Youngmi Kim]] (born 1954), South Korean soprano singer
*[[Kim Young-mi (sport shooter)]] (born 1960), South Korean sport shooter
*[[Choi Young-mi]] (born 1961), South Korean poet
*[[Kolleen Park]] (Korean name Park Youngmi, born 1967), American musician and actress active in the South Korean entertainment industry
*[[Hong Yeong-mi]] (born 1968), South Korean cyclist
*[[Ahn Young-mi]] (born 1983), South Korean comedian
*[[Kang Young-mi]] (born 1985), South Korean fencer
*[[Kim Yong-mi (synchronized swimmer)]] (born 1989), North Korean synchronized swimmer
*[[Kim Yeong-mi]] (born 1991), South Korean curler
*[[Kim Yong-mi (volleyball)]] (born 1992), North Korean volleyball player
*[[Youngmi Mayer]], American comedian
==See also==
*[[List of Korean given names]]
==References==
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[[Category:Korean feminine given names]]
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