Save Gender Masculine Usage Korean Scripts 희열(Korean Hangul) Pronounced Pron. HEE-YUL [key] Other Forms FormsHee-yeol Meaning & History From Sino-Korean 喜 "like, love, enjoy; joyful thing" and 烈 "fiery, violent, vehement, ardent". A famous bearer is South Korean singer-songwriter Yoo Hee-yeol (1971-).