Young-sook

Young-sook
Hangul	영숙
Hanja	英淑 and others
Revised Romanization	Yeong-suk
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏngsuk

Young-sook, also spelled Yong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "young" 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] Names starting with "Young" were popular for South Korean babies of both sexes born in the 1940s and 1950s, and Young-sook was the most common of these for baby girls.^[2] In 2012, there were more than forty thousand South Koreans with the name Kim Young-sook, making it the most common full name in the country.^[3]

People with this name include:

Artists and writers

• Han Young-suk (1920–1990), South Korean traditional dancer
• Kang Young-sook (born 1967), South Korean writer

Sportspeople

• Kim Young-sook (born 1965), South Korean field hockey player
• Yun Young-sook (born 1971), South Korean archer
• Huh Young-sook (born 1975), South Korean handball player
• Kim Yong-suk (born 1979), North Korean figure skater
• Jo Yong-suk (born 1988), North Korean sport shooter
• Park Young-sook (born 1988), South Korean table tennis player

Others

• Kim Young-sook (born 1947), first wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
• Kim Young-sook, stage name Maya (singer) (born 1979), South Korean singer

References

1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
2. 이진희 [Yi Jin-hui] (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야" [You're Min-jun too? And another Seo-yeon!]. Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
3. "생년월일 같은 사람 20명 중 두 명은 동명이인" [Among 20 people with the same birthdate, two have the same name]. The Chosun Ilbo. 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-10-26.