My Korean Life

Home › Korean names › Won-ho (원호)

Won-ho원호

Won-ho brings together “first” and “vast.” Like your name, you are someone who is first in what you love and dreams vast dreams.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
元浩元 ‘first; origin’ + 浩 ‘vast’
元(으뜸 원) + 浩(넓을 호)
元昊元 ‘first; origin’ + 昊 ‘sky’
元(으뜸 원) + 昊(하늘 호)
元晧元 ‘first; origin’ + 晧 ‘bright’
元(으뜸 원) + 晧(밝을 호)
源浩源 ‘source’ + 浩 ‘vast’
源(근원 원) + 浩(넓을 호)
源昊源 ‘source’ + 昊 ‘sky’
源(근원 원) + 昊(하늘 호)
瑗浩瑗 ‘jade ring’ + 浩 ‘vast’
瑗(구슬 원) + 浩(넓을 호)

Who it's given to

Won-ho is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Won-ho. Say it like wun-hoh.

원ㅇ + ㅝ + ㄴ
호ㅎ + ㅗ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

Related names

Won원Won-geun원근Won-gi원기Won-bae원배Won-bin원빈Won-seok원석Ga-on가온Ga-won가원Gap-su갑수Gap-sun갑순Gap-yeong갑영Gang-yeol강열
Get your own Korean name →

Free. Uses a selfie and your birth year; nothing is stored.