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

Korean family name This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) denotes South Korea. (N) denotes North Korea. The most common Korean family name (particularly in South Korea) is Kim, followed by Lee and Park. These three family nam ...

, 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 (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

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

bon-gwan Bon-gwan (or Bongwan) is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Confucian country, this clan system is similar to ancient Chine ...

'':

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 centur ...

South Hwanghae South Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaenamdo; , lit. "south Yellow Sea province") is a province in western North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital ...

, in what is today

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

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

Cheongju Cheongju () is the capital and largest city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, specifically in the one where Sangdang Sanseong is ...

Chungcheongbuk-do North Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청북도, ''Chungcheongbuk-do''), 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 in the s ...

, in what is today

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. In a study by the

National Institute of the Korean Language The National Institute of Korean Language is a language regulator of the Korean language. It was created on January 23, 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 13163 (November 14, 1990). It is based in Seoul, South Korea. The institute was originall ...

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: *

Gyeong Dae-seung Gyeong Dae-seung ( Hangul: 경대승, Hanja: 慶大升) (1154 – 4 August 1183) was the third of many military dictators who ruled during the late period of the Goryeo. Unlike his predecessors, General Gyeong was determined to fix Goryeo's p ...

(1154–1183), Goryeo Dynasty general * Kyong Won-ha (born 1928), North Korean nuclear scientist *

Kyung Soo-jin Kyung Soo-jin (born November 5, 1987) is a South Korean actress. Career After supporting roles in ''Man from the Equator'', ''That Winter, the Wind Blows'' and ''Shark'', she played her first leading role in '' TV Novel: Eunhui''. She then pla ...

(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. He competed for South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. References 1990 births Living people Olympic alpi ...

(born 1990), South Korean alpine skier *

Kyeong Jae-seok Kyeong Jae-seok (; born September 26, 2000) is a South Korean figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Gam ...

(born 2000), South Korean figure skater

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 (9th place in 1950, 3rd place in 1960) *

Kyung-ja Kyung-ja, also spelled Kyong-ja, Kyoung-ja or Gyeong-ja, 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 28 hanja with the reading ...

(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 Kor ...

(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 read ...

(7th place in 1950, 5th place in 1960) ;Second syllable * Eun-kyung (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 The ...

(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 ...

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 " c ...

Kyung-gu Kyung-gu is a Korean male given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja with which the name is written. There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 56 hanja with the reading "gu" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja w ...

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" ...

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 w ...

* Kyung-joon * Kyung-ju * Kyung-hee *

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 ...

* Kyung-hwan * Kyung-lim * Kyung-min *

Kyung-mo Kyung-mo is a 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 27 hanja with the reading "mo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanj ...

* 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-wan * Kyung-won Other names ending with this element include: *

Bo-kyung Bo-kyung is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 18 hanja with the reading "bo" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list o ...

* Hee-kyung * Hye-kyung *

Hyun-kyung Hyun-kyung, also spelled Hyun-kyoung or Hyon-gyong, is a Korean feminine 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 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" ...

Ja-kyung Ja-kyung (자경) is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 28 hanja with the reading "ja" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's offici ...

* Jae-kyung *

Min-kyung Min-kyung, also spelled Min-kyoung, is a Korean female given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "Min (Korean name), min" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" t ...

* 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 with the given name Kyung include: *

Kyung Lah Kyung I. Lah ( ko, 나경, ; born August 27, 1971) is a South Korean-American journalist and correspondent for CNN based in the U.S. Early life and education Lah was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Streamwood, Illinois, Lah gradu ...

(born 1971), Korean-American journalist * Sol Kyong (born 1990), North Korean judo practitioner *

Park Kyung Park Kyung (Korean: 박경; 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 al ...

(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 role in the film '' Innocence'' (2020), which won him a Baeksang Arts Award. Career After graduating from Hanyang University, Hong made his acting debut wit ...

(born 1996), South Korean actor

References

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As a family name

In given names

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