So-young
So-young is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 45 hanja with the reading "so" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
| So-young | |
| Hangul | 소영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | So-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Soyŏng |
People with this name include:
Actresses and musicians
- Ahn So-young (born 1959), South Korean actress
- Ko So-young (born 1972), South Korean actress
- Soyoung Yoon (born 1984), South Korean violinist
- Yoo So-young (born 1986), South Korean singer, former member of After School
- Fat Cat (singer) (born Kim So-young, 1990), South Korean singer
- Esom (born Lee So-young, 1990), South Korean actress and model
Sportspeople
- Chung So-young (born 1967), South Korean badminton player
- Kim So-yeong (born 1992), South Korean badminton player
- Lee So-young (volleyball) (born 1994), South Korean volleyball player
- Park So-young (born 1994), South Korean badminton player
Visual artists
- Soh Yeong Roh (born 1961), South Korean art museum director, daughter of former president Roh Tae-woo
- So Yong Kim (born 1968), South Korean-born American filmmaker
- Soi Park (born Park So-young, 1971), South Korean photographer
- Lee So-young (artist) (born 1973), South Korean manhwa artist
Fictional people
- Kang So-young, a female supporting character and antagonist in the 2015 South Korean television series Who Are You: School 2015
See also
References
- "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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