Soo-jin
| Soo-jin | |
| Hangul | 수진 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Su-jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Suchin |
Soo-jin, also spelled Su-jin or Sue-jin, is a Korean unisex 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 musicians
[edit]- Kang Sue-jin (born 1967), South Korean ballerina
- Yoo Chae-yeong (born Kim Soo-jin, 1974–2014), South Korean singer
- Seomoon Tak (born Lee Su-jin, 1978), South Korean singer
- Horan (singer) (born Choi Soo-jin, 1979), South Korean singer
- Soojin (born Seo Soo-jin, 1998), South Korean singer
Film and television personalities
[edit]- Kang Soo-jin (voice actor) (born 1965), South Korean voice actor
- Kim Soo-jin (actress) (born 1974), South Korean actress
- Su-chin Pak (born 1976), South Korean-born American news reporter
- Lee Su-jin (director) (born 1977), South Korean film director
- Chae Min-seo (born Jo Soo-jin, 1981), South Korean actress
- Park Soo-jin (born 1985), South Korean actress
- Kyung Soo-jin (born 1987), South Korean actress
- Jeon Soo-jin (born 1988), South Korean actress
- Kang Soo-jin (voice actress) (fl. 1990s), South Korean voice actress
- Choi Soo-jin, South Korean voice actress
Sportspeople
[edit]- Noh Soo-jin (born 1962), South Korean football player
- Wang Su-jin (born 1973), South Korean basketball player
- Kim Su-jin (swimmer) (born 1974), South Korean swimmer
- Yang Soo-jin (born 1988), South Korean modern pentathlete
- Kim Su-jin (curler) (born 1999), South Korean curler
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
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