Kyung, also spelled Kyoung, Gyeong, Kyeong, Keyoung, or Kyong, is an uncommon

Korean family name This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean name), Kim (), followed by Lee (Korean name), Lee () and Park (Korean surname), Park (). These three sur ...

, as well as a single-syllable

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and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.

As a family name

The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,784 people with the family name Kyung. It may be written with either of two different

hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

. Those with the name meaning "scenery" () may belong to one of two different ''

bon-gwan Korean clans are groups of Koreans, Korean people that share the same Patrilineality, paternal ancestor. They are indicated by the combination of a ''bongwan'' () and a family name. Korean clans distinguish clans that happen to share the same fam ...

'':

Haeju Haeju () is a city located in South Hwanghae Province near Haeju Bay in North Korea. It is the administrative centre of South Hwanghae Province. As of 2008, the population of the city is estimated to be 273,300. At the beginning of the 20th centu ...

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, in what is today

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, and Taein (泰仁). There is only one ''bon-gwan'' for the other Kyung surname, meaning "celebration" ():

Cheongju Cheongju (; ) is the capital and largest list of cities in South Korea, city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. The 'Cheong' in the name of Chungcheong Province is the Cheong of Cheongju. History Cheongju has been an important prov ...

Chungcheongbuk-do North Chungcheong Province (), also known as Chungbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Chungcheong has a population of 1,578,934 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Hoseo region on the south-centre of the Korean Peninsula. No ...

, in what is today

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. In a study by the

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based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 69.2% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Kyung in their passports, while another 19.2% spelled it as Kyoung. The Revised Romanisation spelling Gyeong came in third place at 7.6%. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 4.0%) included Kyeong. People with the surname Kyung include: * Kyŏng Tae-sŭng (1154–1183), Goryeo Dynasty general * Kyong Won-ha (born 1928), North Korean nuclear scientist * Kyung Soo-jin (born 1987), South Korean actress *

Kyung Sung-hyun Kyung Sung-hyun (born June 10, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea) is an alpine skier from South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsul ...

(born 1990), South Korean alpine skier

In given names

Kyung is an element in many popular Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the

used. There are 54 hanja with this reading, and variant forms of six of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table above (one variant is not included due to encoding issues). The missing character is , a variant of . In the 1940s through 1970s, many popular names for newborn girls in South Korea contained this element, including: ;First syllable *

Kyung-hee Kyung-hee, also spelled Kyong-hui or Gyong-hui, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 25 hanja with the reading " hee" on th ...

(9th place in 1950, 3rd place in 1960) * Kyung-ja (3rd place in 1940) *

Kyung-ok Kyung-ok, also spelled Kyong-ok, 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 five hanja with the reading " ok" on the South Korea ...

(10th place in 1950) *

Kyung-sook Kyung-sook, also spelled Gyeong-suk, Kyung-suk or Kyong-suk, 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 readi ...

(7th place in 1950, 5th place in 1960) ;Second syllable *

Eun-kyung Eun-kyung, also spelled Eun-kyeong, or Eun-kyong, Eun-gyoung, Un-kyong, Un-gyong, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "'' eun''" and ...

(8th place in 1970) *

Mi-kyung Mi-kyung or Mi-kyoung, also spelled Mi-gyeong or Mi-gyong is a Korean feminine given name. It was South Korea's most popular name for baby girls in 1968. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja Ther ...

(1st place in 1960, 7th place in 1970) Other names beginning with this element include: *

Kyung-ah Kyung-ah, also spelled Kyong-ah, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 29 hanja with the reading "ah" on the South Korean go ...

Kyung-chul Kyung-chul, also spelled Kyong-chol or Gyeong-cheol, is a Korean masculine 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 11 hanja with the reading " ch ...

Kyung-gu Sul Kyung-gu (; born May 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Upon his graduation in 1994, he appeared in numerous theatrical productions, such as the hit Korean adaptation of the German rock musical '' Subway Line 1'', and productions of Sam Shep ...

Kyung-ho Kyung-ho, also spelled Kyong-ho in North Korea, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 49 hanja with the reading " ho" on ...

Kyung-jae Kyung-jae, Gyeong-jae, and Kyoung-jae are various Latin-alphabet spellings of a single Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja with which the name is written. There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 20 hanja wi ...

Kyung-joon Kyung-joon, also spelled Kyung-jun or Kyoung-jun, is a Korean masculine 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 34 hanja with the reading " joon" on ...

* Kyung-ju *

Kyung-hwa Kyung-hwa, also spelled Kyung-wha or Kyong-hwa, 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 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on th ...

Kyung-hwan Kyung-hwan, also spelled Kyoung-hwan or Kyung-hwan, is a Korean masculine 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 21 hanja with the reading " hwan ...

* Kyung-lim * Kyung-min * Kyung-mo * Kyung-seok * Kyung-soo * Kyung-sun *

Kyung-tae Kyung-tae is a Korean masculine 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 20 hanja with the reading " tae" on the South Korean government's official ...

Kyung-taek Kyung-taek, also spelled Kyong-taek, is a Korean male given name. People with this name include: * Kim Kyong-taek, South Korean academic, president of Dongkang College *Kwak Kyung-taek (born 1966), South Korean film director * Song Kyung-Taek (b ...

* Kyung-wan * Kyung-won Other names ending with this element include: * Bo-kyung * Hee-kyung * Hye-kyung * Hyun-kyung * Jae-kyung * Min-kyung * Seong-gyeong *

Soo-kyung Soo-kyung, also spelled Soo-kyeong or Su-kyung, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading " soo" and 54 hanja with the ...

* Yi-kyung * Yoo-kyung

People

People with the given name Kyung include: * Lee Young-kyoung (born 1966), South Korean illustrator * Kyung Lah (born 1971), Korean-American journalist *

Sol Kyong Sol Kyong (; or ; born 8 June 1990) is a North Korean judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『� ...

(born 1990), North Korean judo practitioner *

Park Kyung Park Kyung (; born July 8, 1992), also known as just Kyung, is a South Korean rapper and record producer. He is a member of the group Block B. Career Pre-debut Park Kyung started his rapping career by promoting underground along with Zico ...

(born 1992), South Korean rapper and record producer *

Hong Kyung Hong Kyung (born February 14, 1996) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the film '' Innocence'' (2020), as well as the television series '' Weak Hero Class 1'' (2022) and ''Revenant'' (2023). Career After graduating from ...

(born 1996), South Korean actor

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