Min-kyu

Min-kyu
Hangul
민규
Hanja
旼奎, 珉奎, 旻奎 and others
Revised RomanizationMin-gyu
McCune–ReischauerMin-gyu

Min-kyu, also spelled Min-gyu, is a Korean masculine given name. It was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1990.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 20 hanja with the reading "kyu" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[2]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

  • Brian Joo (Korean name Joo Min-kyoo, born 1981), Korean American R&B singer, member of Fly to the Sky
  • Yoo Min-kyu (born 1987), South Korean actor
  • Kim Min-gue (born 1994), South Korean actor
  • Kim Mingyu (born 1997), South Korean singer and rapper, member of Seventeen
  • Kim Min-kyu (entertainer) (born 2001), South Korean actor, singer, MC and model

Sportspeople

Others

References

  1. ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

See also