Beom-soo

Beom-soo, also spelled Bum-soo or Beom-su, is a Korean given name, that is a masculine name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write the name. There are 13 hanja with the reading "beom" 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]

Beom-soo
PronunciationBeom-su
GenderMasculine
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on hanja
Beom-su
Hangul
범수
Hanja
, , and others
Revised RomanizationBeom-su
McCune–ReischauerPŏmsu

People with this name include:

  • Kim Bum-soo (businessman) (born 1966), chairman of Daum Kakao, a South Korean internet company
  • Kim Bum-soo (footballer born 1968), South Korean football goalkeeper and coach
  • Lee Beom-soo (born 1970), South Korean actor
  • Kim Bum-soo (born 1979), South Korean singer

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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