| Young-soo | |
| Hangul | 영수 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeongsu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngsu |
Young-soo, also spelled Young-su or Yeong-su, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 67 hanja with the reading " soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] It was the second-most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 1960; this was part of a broader trend of giving boys names starting with the element "young" in the 1940s through the 1960s. [2] [3]
People with this name include:
- Kim Eung-hwan (1742–1789), courtesy name Yeongsu, Joseon Dynasty painter
- O Yeong-su (1909–1979), South Korean writer
- Yuk Young-soo (1925–1974), wife of South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee
- John Choi Young-su (1942–2009), South Korean Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Daegu
- Yun Young-su (born 1952), South Korean female writer
- Chun Young-soo (born 1963), South Korean football player
- An Young-su (born 1964), South Korean amateur boxer
- YoungSoo Kim (born 1978), South Korean chemist
- Im Yong-su (born 1980), North Korean weightlifter
- Bae Young-soo (born 1981), South Korean baseball pitcher (Korea Baseball Organization)
- Shin Young-soo (born 1982), South Korean volleyball player
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ 이진희 [Yi Jin-hui] (28 January 2009). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야" [You're also Min-jun ... Oh! Another Seo-yeon?]. Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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| Young-soo | |
| Hangul | 영수 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeongsu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngsu |
Young-soo, also spelled Young-su or Yeong-su, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 67 hanja with the reading " soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] It was the second-most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 1960; this was part of a broader trend of giving boys names starting with the element "young" in the 1940s through the 1960s. [2] [3]
People with this name include:
- Kim Eung-hwan (1742–1789), courtesy name Yeongsu, Joseon Dynasty painter
- O Yeong-su (1909–1979), South Korean writer
- Yuk Young-soo (1925–1974), wife of South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee
- John Choi Young-su (1942–2009), South Korean Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Daegu
- Yun Young-su (born 1952), South Korean female writer
- Chun Young-soo (born 1963), South Korean football player
- An Young-su (born 1964), South Korean amateur boxer
- YoungSoo Kim (born 1978), South Korean chemist
- Im Yong-su (born 1980), North Korean weightlifter
- Bae Young-soo (born 1981), South Korean baseball pitcher (Korea Baseball Organization)
- Shin Young-soo (born 1982), South Korean volleyball player
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ 이진희 [Yi Jin-hui] (28 January 2009). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야" [You're also Min-jun ... Oh! Another Seo-yeon?]. Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.