Hye-kyung

Hye-kyung, also spelled Hye-kyong, is a Korean feminine given name.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "hye" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[2]

Hye-kyung
Hangul
혜경
Hanja
慧京, 蕙敬, and others
Revised RomanizationHye-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerHyekyŏng

People known mononymously by this name include:

  • Lady Hyegyeong (1735–1816), wife of Crown Prince Sado of the Joseon Dynasty

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

Entertainers
  • Ahn Hye-kyung (안혜경, born 1979), South Korean actress
  • Bin Hye-kyeong (빈혜경; born 1987), South Korean model
  • Kim Hye-gyeong (voice actress) (김혜경; born 1987), South Korean voice actress
  • Park Hye-kyeong (박혜경; born 1991), South Korean singer, member of Crayon Pop
  • Cheeze (singer) (born Im Hye-kyung, 1991), South Korean singer, former member of the band Cheeze

Other
  • Lee Hye-gyeong (born 1960), South Korean writer
  • Hai-Kyung Suh (born 1960), South Korean classical pianist
  • Kim Hye-kyong (born 1968), eldest daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
  • Ri Hye-kyong (born c. 1970), wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's brother Kim Jong-nam
  • Hyekyung "Shelly" Hwang, Korean American businesswoman, co-founder of frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry

See also

References
  1. "혜경, 이름검색". erumy.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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