Hyun-sook

Hyun-sook, also spelled Hyon-suk or Hyeon-sook, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" 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] Hyun-sook was the sixth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950, falling to eighth place by 1960.^[2]

Hyun-sook
Hangul	현숙
Hanja	賢淑 and others
Revised Romanization	Hyeon-suk
McCune–Reischauer	Hyŏnsuk

People with this name include:

• Chung Hyun-sook (born 1952), South Korean table tennis player
• Han Hyun-sook (born 1970), South Korean handball player
• Lee Hyeon-sook (born 1971), South Korean comics artist
• Kim Hyun-sook (born 1978), South Korean actress and comedian
• Ko Hyon-suk (born 1985), North Korean speed skater
• Pak Hyon-suk (born 1985), North Korean weightlifter
• Ri Hyon-suk (born 1989), North Korean volleyball player
• Goo Hyun-sook, South Korean television writer

See also

• List of Korean given names

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.