Doyoung 도영

Doyoung is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 도영. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 5,655 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Doyoung, Do-young. They are all 도영.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • (starts with )Firebrightness, passion, visibility
  • (starts with )Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Doyoung

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

65 characters can be used

  • road, path길 도
  • law, rule법도 도
  • capital city도읍 도
  • peach복숭아 도
  • rice plant벼 도
  • group, crowd무리 도
  • reach이를 도
  • picture, drawing그림 도

87 characters can be used

  • long, recite길 영/읊을 영
  • glory, flower영화 영/꽃 영
  • flower petal꽃부리 영
  • cause, order하여금 령(영)
  • shine비칠 영
  • manage경영할 영
  • peaceful, stable편안할 녕(영)
  • spirit신령 령(영)

Names sharing a syllable

Doyoung belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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