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Min-kyu
Hangul
민규
Hanja
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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