Myung-sook

Myung-sook, also spelled Myeong-sook or Myong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "myung" 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] Myung-sook was the fifth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950.^[2]

Myung-sook
Hangul	명숙
Hanja	明淑 and others
Revised Romanization	Myeong-suk
McCune–Reischauer	Myŏngsuk

People with this name include:

• Han Myeong-sook (born 1944), South Korea's first female prime minister
• Kim Myong-suk (born 1947), North Korean volleyball player
• Paek Myong-suk (born 1954), North Korean volleyball player
• Kimshin Myongsuk (born 1961), South Korean feminist activist
• Jong Myong-suk (born 1993), North Korean wrestler

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Myung-sook, character portrayed by Bang Eun-hee in 2004–2005 South Korean television series Precious Family

See also

• List of Korean given names