Jung-soo, also spelled Jeong-soo or Jong-su, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Hanja
There are 75 hanja with the reading "
jung
Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...
" and 67 hanja with the reading "
soo
Soo or SOO may refer to:
Places
* Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a border city in Canada nicknamed "The Soo"
* Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, a border city in the United States also nicknamed "The Soo"
** Soo Locks, the locks between Lake Superior and ...
" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Ways of writing this name in hanja include:
* (바를 정 ''bareul jeong'', 빼어날 수 ''bbaeeonal su''): "upright and outstanding". These characters are also used to write the masculine
Japanese given name Masahide.
* (곧을 정 ''godeul jeong'', 빼어날 수 ''bbaeeonal su''): "virtuous/chaste and outstanding"
According to South Korean government data, Jung-soo was the
seventh-most popular name for newborn boys in 1945.
People
People with this name include:
;Entertainers
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Park Jung-soo (actress), (born 1952), South Korean actress
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Yoon Jung-soo (born 1972), South Korean comedian
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Han Jung-soo (born 1973), South Korean actor
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Byun Jung-soo (born 1974), South Korean actress
*Park Jeong-su (born 1983), stage name
Leeteuk, South Korean singer, member of Super Junior
;Sportspeople
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Yun Jong-su (born 1962), North Korean football coach
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Jung Jeong-soo (born 1969), South Korean football midfielder (K3 League)
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Shim Jeong-soo (born 1975), South Korean baseball outfielder (Korea Baseball Organization)
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Kim Jong-su (born 1977), North Korean sport shooter
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Lee Jung-soo (born 1980), South Korean football centre-back (K-League Classic)
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Park Jung-soo (footballer)
Park Jung-Soo (; born 13 January 1987) is a South Korean footballer who plays for Gwangju FC as a midfielder.
Park started his senior career at Daejeon KHNP of Korea National League in 2009, where he stayed until December 2009.
In 2010, h ...
(born 1987), South Korean football midfielder (K-League Challenge)
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Lee Jung-su (born 1989), South Korean speed skater
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
References
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Korean unisex given names