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Jung-soo

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Jung-soo
Hangul
정수
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeong-su
McCune–ReischauerChŏngsu

Jung-soo, also spelled Jeong-soo or Jong-su, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

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There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" 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] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • (바를 정 bareul jeong, 빼어날 수 bbaeeonal su): "upright and outstanding". These characters are also used to write the masculine Japanese given name Masahide.[2]
  • (곧을 정 godeul jeong, 빼어날 수 bbaeeonal su): "virtuous/chaste and outstanding"

According to South Korean government data, Jung-soo was the seventh-most popular name for newborn boys in 1945.[3]

People

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People with this name include:

Entertainers
Sportspeople

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  3. ^ "요즘 인기있는 이름 1위? 남자-'민준' 여자-'서연'" [The most popular name these days? Boys: 'Min-jun', Girls: 'Seo-yeon']. The Chosun Ilbo. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2018.