Soo-jin
Soo-jin | |
Hangul | 수진 |
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Hanja | 收眞, 壽珍, and others |
Revised Romanization | Su-jin |
McCune–Reischauer | Sujin |
Soo-jin, also spelled Su-jin or Sue-jin, is a Korean given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 48 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] Soo-jin was the fifth-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1980, third-most popular in 1988, and fifth-most popular again in 1990.[2][3]
People with this name include:
- Artists and entertainers
- Kang Sue-jin (born 1967), South Korean female ballerina
- Park Soo-jin (born 1985), South Korean actress
- Kyung Soo-jin (born 1987), South Korean actress
- Kang Soo-jin (voice actress) (fl. 1990s), South Korean voice actress
- Choi Soo-jin (fl. 1990s and 2000s), South Korean voice actress
- Soojin Ahn (fl. 2000s), South Korean-born American female pianist
- Sportspeople
- Noh Soo-jin (born 1962), South Korean male football player
- Wang Su-jin (born 1973), South Korean female basketball player
- Shin Soo-jin (born 1982), South Korean male football player
- Yang Soo-jin (born 1988), South Korean female modern pentathlete
- Others
- Su-chin Pak (born 1976), South Korean-born American female news reporter
- Soojin Lee, South Korean-born British fashion designer
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names]. South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 2012-10-27.