Hyun-soo

Hyun-soo, also spelled Hyun-su, is a Korean unisex 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 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Hyun-soo
Hangul
현수
Hanja
鉉洙, 賢洙, and others
Revised RomanizationHyeon-su
McCune–ReischauerHyŏnsu

People with this name include:

Sportspeople
  • Lee Hyun-soo (born 1968), South Korean male fencer
  • Kim Hyun-su (born February 1973), South Korean male association football player, formerly of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
  • Kim Hyun-soo (born March 1973), South Korean male association football player, formerly of Daegu FC
  • Kang Hyun-su (born 1984), North Korean footballer in Japan's J. League Division 2
  • Viktor An (born Ahn Hyun-soo, 1985), South Korean-born Russian male short track speed skater
  • Kim Hyun-soo (baseball) (born 1988), South Korean male baseball player, left fielder for the Doosan Bears
  • Jang Hyun-soo (born 1991), South Korean male footballer
  • Hwang Hyun-soo (born 1995), South Korean male footballer
Other

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Hyeon-su, female character in 2006 South Korean film Cinderella
  • Lee Hyun-soo, male character in 2012 South Korean television series Shut Up Flower Boy Band
  • Park Hyun-soo, male character in 2013 South Korean television series Pots of Gold

See also

References
  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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