PROFILBARU.COM

Kyung-sook
Hangul	경숙
Hanja	京淑 and others
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

References

^ "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.

This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.

[1] "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.

[babyname.co.kr-2] "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

[1]

[2]

Kyung-sook

See also

References