| Kyung-sook | |
| Hangul | 경숙 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeong-suk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngsuk |
Kyung-sook, also spelled Gyeong-suk, Kyung-suk or Kyong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 13 hanja with the reading "sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] Kyung-sook was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1950, rising to fifth place by 1960. [2]
People with this name include:
- Pak Kyong-suk (1921–2020), North Korean politician
- Jeong Gyeong-suk (born c. 1945), South Korean flight attendant, one of the unreturned victims of the 1969 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking
- Mun Gyeong-suk (born 1945), South Korean volleyball player
- Shin Kyung-sook (born 1963), South Korean writer
- Kim Gyeong-suk (born 1967), South Korean cyclist
- Ri Kyong Suk (North Korean singer) (born 1970), North Korean singer
- Won Gyeong-suk (born 1975), South Korean sport shooter
- Jin Gyeong-suk (1980–2005), North Korean defector
- Hong Kyung-suk (born 1984), South Korean football player
- Park Kyung-suk (taekwondo), South Korean taekwondo athlete
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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| Kyung-sook | |
| Hangul | 경숙 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeong-suk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngsuk |
Kyung-sook, also spelled Gyeong-suk, Kyung-suk or Kyong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 13 hanja with the reading "sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] Kyung-sook was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1950, rising to fifth place by 1960. [2]
People with this name include:
- Pak Kyong-suk (1921–2020), North Korean politician
- Jeong Gyeong-suk (born c. 1945), South Korean flight attendant, one of the unreturned victims of the 1969 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking
- Mun Gyeong-suk (born 1945), South Korean volleyball player
- Shin Kyung-sook (born 1963), South Korean writer
- Kim Gyeong-suk (born 1967), South Korean cyclist
- Ri Kyong Suk (North Korean singer) (born 1970), North Korean singer
- Won Gyeong-suk (born 1975), South Korean sport shooter
- Jin Gyeong-suk (1980–2005), North Korean defector
- Hong Kyung-suk (born 1984), South Korean football player
- Park Kyung-suk (taekwondo), South Korean taekwondo athlete
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.