Byeong-ho is a Korean masculine given name, written with the sino-Korean elements 炳 (byeong) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" and 浩 (ho) meaning "great, numerous, vast" or 昊 (ho) meaning "summer, sky, heaven." Other hanja combinations are possible, though these illustrate the aspirational qualities of brilliance and grandeur often prized in Korean naming traditions.
Variant forms include Byung-ho (using the Revised Romanization byeong for 병) and Pyong-ho (from the McCune–Reischauer system). The name belongs to a common pattern in Korean onomastics where a single-syllable family name is followed by a two-syllable given name, each syllable drawn from a limited set of hanja characters reflecting Confucian virtues, natural phenomena, or auspicious concepts.
Byeong-ho does not have widely publicized historical or fictional bearers easily recalled in global sources, typical of modern Korean names that are common but not necessarily attached to celebrities or historical figures indexed in English-language references. Nonetheless, the name exemplifies how Korean parents may select hanja with positive connotations while also choosing relatively common elements like ho to create a harmonious and auspicious given name.
- Meaning: "Bright and vast" or "luminous heaven" depending on the hanja
- Origin: Sino-Korean
- Type: Given name (masculine)
- Usage regions: South Korea, Korean diaspora