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Kyung-sook

Kyung-sook 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. Kyung-sook was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1950, rising to fifth place by 1960.

People with this name include:

  • Jeong Gyeong-suk (born c. 1945), South Korean flight attendant, one of the unreturned victims of the 1969 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking
  • Shin Kyung-sook (born 1963), South Korean writer
  • Ri Kyong-suk ( 리경숙, born 1970), North Korean singer
  • Jin Gyeong-suk (1980–2005), North Korean defector
  • Hong Kyung-suk (born 1984), South Korean football player
  • Kim Kyong-suk (born 1988), North Korean volleyball player