Young-soo
Hangul
영수
Hanja
永壽, 英洙, and others
Revised RomanizationYeongsu
McCune–ReischauerYŏngsu

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ↑ 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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