Kyung-soo
Kyung-soo | |
Hangul | 경수 |
---|---|
Hanja | 敬秀, 慶洙, 慶秀, and others |
Revised Romanization | Gyeong-su |
McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngsu |
Kyung-soo is a Korean masculine 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 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] According to South Korean government data, Kyung-soo was the seventh-most popular name for baby boys born in 1940.[2]
People with this name include:
- Byun Kyung-soo (born 1958), South Korean sport shooter
- Park Kyung-soo (born 1969), South Korean television screenwriter
- Lee Kyung-soo (born 1973), South Korean football defender
- Yang Kyung-soo (born 1983), South Korean artist
- Ko Kyung-soo (born 1985), South Korean handball player
- D.O. (entertainer) (born Do Kyung-soo, 1993), South Korean singer, member of boy band EXO
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Kim Kyung-soo, in 2001 South Korean film Volcano High
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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