| Young-sik | |
| Hangul | 영식 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeong-sik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngsik |
Young-sik, also spelled Young-shik or Yong-sik, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 16 hanja with the reading "sik" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] According to South Korean government data, Young-sik was the sixth-most popular name for baby boys in 1940, falling to seventh place in 1950. [2] [3]
People with this name include:
- Young Shik Rhee (1894–1981), South Korean pastor, founder of Daegu University
- Jang Young-sik (born 1935), South Korean economist
- Kim Young-sik (born 1953), South Korean Kim Jong-il impersonator
- Kim Yong-sik (wrestler) (born 1967), North Korean wrestler
- Lee Young-Sik (born 1973), South Korean sport shooter
- Jung Young-Sik (born 1992), South Korean table tennis player
- Pak Yong-sik, North Korean politician
- Johan Pahk Yeong-sik, South Korean academic, President of the Catholic University of Korea
- ^ "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.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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| Young-sik | |
| Hangul | 영식 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeong-sik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngsik |
Young-sik, also spelled Young-shik or Yong-sik, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 16 hanja with the reading "sik" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] According to South Korean government data, Young-sik was the sixth-most popular name for baby boys in 1940, falling to seventh place in 1950. [2] [3]
People with this name include:
- Young Shik Rhee (1894–1981), South Korean pastor, founder of Daegu University
- Jang Young-sik (born 1935), South Korean economist
- Kim Young-sik (born 1953), South Korean Kim Jong-il impersonator
- Kim Yong-sik (wrestler) (born 1967), North Korean wrestler
- Lee Young-Sik (born 1973), South Korean sport shooter
- Jung Young-Sik (born 1992), South Korean table tennis player
- Pak Yong-sik, North Korean politician
- Johan Pahk Yeong-sik, South Korean academic, President of the Catholic University of Korea
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.