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Kyung-sook, also spelled Gyeong-suk, Kyung-suk or Kyong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" 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] Kyung-sook was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1950, rising to fifth place by 1960.[2]
People with this name include:
- Pak Kyong-suk (1921–2020), North Korean politician
- Jeong Gyeong-suk (born c. 1945), South Korean flight attendant, one of the unreturned victims of the 1969 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking
- Mun Gyeong-suk (born 1945), South Korean volleyball player
- Shin Kyung-sook (born 1963), South Korean writer
- Kim Gyeong-suk (born 1967), South Korean cyclist
- Ri Kyong Suk (North Korean singer) (born 1970), North Korean singer
- Won Gyeong-suk (born 1975), South Korean sport shooter
- Jin Gyeong-suk (1980–2005), North Korean defector
- Hong Kyung-suk (born 1984), South Korean football player
- Park Kyung-suk (taekwondo), South Korean taekwondo athlete
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