Yunseo

Yunseo
Hangul 윤서
Hanja , , and others
Revised Romanization Yunseo
McCune–Reischauer Yunsŏ

Yun-seo, also spelled Yoon-seo, is a Korean unisex name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "yun" and 38 hanja with the reading "seo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Yun-seo was the tenth-most-popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 2009, with 1,921 being given the name, and had risen to sixth place by 2013.[2] [3]

People with this name include:

  • Kim Yoon-seo (born 1986), South Korean actress
  • Jo Yoon-seo (born 1993), South Korean actress sometimes credited mononymously as Yoon Seo

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Kim Yoon-seo, in 2006 South Korean film Forbidden Quest
  • Jung Yoon-seo, in 2010 South Korean television series Gloria
  • Kang Yoon-seo, in 2011 South Korean television series Baby Faced Beauty
  • Cha Yoon-seo, in 2013 South Korean television series Good Doctor

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. "신생아 인기 이름 1위, 철수와 영자에서…세월 따라 이름도". Maeil Business Newspaper. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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