Soo-jin

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 수진

| hanja = 秀珍, 秀真, 收真, 穗珍, 蓚溱, 蘇金, 銖真, 水真, 壽珍, 素珍 and others

| mr = Suchin

| rr = Su-jin

}}

Soo-jin, also spelled Su-jin or Sue-jin, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 48 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.{{cite web|url=http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|script-title=ko:인명용 한자표|trans-title=Table of hanja for use in personal names|publisher=Supreme Court|publication-place=South Korea|date=August 2007|access-date=2013-10-17|page=23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123222/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|archive-date=29 August 2017}} Soo-jin was the fifth-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1980, third-most popular in 1988, and fifth-most popular again in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?cate1=14&name=|title=한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?|publisher=babyname.co.kr|access-date=2012-11-09}}{{cite news|url=http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200901/h2009012802484321950.htm|author=이진희 (Yi Jin-hui)|title=너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야|work=Hankook Ilbo|date=2009-01-28|access-date=2012-10-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009022418/http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200901/h2009012802484321950.htm|archive-date=2010-10-09}}

People with this name include:

Artists and musicians

  • Kang Sue-jin (born 1967), South Korean ballerina
  • Yoo Chae-yeong (born Kim Soo-jin, 1974–2014), South Korean singer
  • Seomoon Tak (born Lee Su-jin, 1978), South Korean singer
  • Horan (singer) (born Choi Soo-jin, 1979), South Korean singer
  • Soojin (born Seo Soo-jin, 1998), South Korean singer

Film and television personalities

Sportspeople

See also

References

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Category:Korean unisex given names