Jung-sook

Jung-sook, also spelled Jeong-sook or Jong-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 "jung" 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] According to South Korean government data, Jung-sook was the fourth-most popular name for newborn girls in 1940, rising to second place by 1950.[2][3]

Jung-sook
Hangul
정숙
Hanja
正淑, 貞淑, and others
Revised RomanizationJeong-suk
McCune–ReischauerChŏngsuk

People with this name include:

  • Ho Jong-suk (1908–1991), Korean independence activist, later a North Korean politician
  • Kim Jong-suk (1917 or 1919–1949), Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla, first wife of North Korean leader Kim Il-sung
  • Oh Jeong-suk (1935–2008), South Korean pansori musician
  • Kim Jung-sook (born 1954), South Korean classical vocalist, wife of South Korean president Moon Jae-in
  • Yun Jeong-suk (born 1966), South Korean fencer
  • Lee Jeong-sook (born 1971), South Korean fencer
  • Lim Jeong-sook (born 1972), South Korean field hockey player
  • Jung Jung-suk (1982–2011), South Korean football player

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Yoon Jung-sook, in 2004 South Korean television series Sweet 18

See also

References
  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  3. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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