Soo-young (name)
| Sooyoung | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Soo-young (/sʰujʌ̹ŋ/) |
| Gender | Both (feminine) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on hanja |
| Soo-young | |
| Hangul | 수영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 水永, 水榮, 秀英, 洙暎, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Su-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Suyŏng |
Soo-young, also spelled Su-yeong or Su-young, is a Korean given name, that is a unisex name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Sooyoung Park (born 1967), American male singer-songwriter
- Lee Soo-young (born Lee Jee-yeon, 1979), South Korean female pop singer
- Ryu Soo-young (born Eoh Nam-seon 1979), South Korean actor
- Shoo (singer) (born Yoo Soo-young, 1981), South Korean female pop singer, member of girl group S.E.S.
- Choi Soo-young (born 1990), South Korean female pop singer, commonly known as Sooyoung, member of girl group Girls' Generation
- Lizzy (singer) (born Park Soo-young, 1992), South Korean female pop singer, member of girl group After School
- Joy (Korean singer) (born Park Soo-young, 1996), South Korean female pop singer, member of girl group Red Velvet
Others
- Kim Soo-young (1921–1968), South Korean male poet
- Jung Su-young (born 1985), South Korean male handball player
- Jang Soo-young (born 1988), South Korean female badminton player
Fictional characters
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Soo-young, male character in 2001 South Korean television series Mina
- Han Soo-young, female character in 2000s South Korean manhwa series Love Story
- Kim Soo-young, male character in 2013 South Korean television series All About My Romance
- No Soo-young, female character in 2013 South Korean television series Potato Star 2013QR3
See also
References
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