title: Sook (Korean name)
text: # Sook (Korean name)
  
  Sook, also spelled Suk, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
  
  ## Meaning and hanja
  
  There are 13 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:
  
  * 叔 (아저씨 숙; ajeossi suk): "uncle"
  * 淑 (맑을 숙; malgeul suk): "pure"
  * 宿 (잘 숙; jal suk): "sleep"
  * 孰 (누구 숙; nugu suk): "who"
  * 熟 (익을 숙; igeul suk): "ripe"
  * 肅 (엄숙할 숙; yeongsukhal suk): "solemn"
  * 塾 (글방 숙; geulbang suk): "schoolroom"
  * 琡 (옥 이름 숙; ok ireum suk): name of a kind of jade
  * 璹 (옥 그릇 숙; ok gureut suk): "jade bowl"
  * 橚 (줄지어 설 숙; juljieo seol suk): "tall and straight"
  * 夙 (이를 숙; ireul suk): "early"
  * 潚 (빠를 숙; bbareul suk): "deep"
  * 菽 (콩 숙; kong suk): "beans"
  
  ## Single-syllable given name
  
  People with the given name Sook include:
  
  * Kim Sook (diplomat) (born 1952), South Korean male diplomat
  * Mun Suk (born 1966), South Korean female cyclist
  * Kim Sook (comedian) (born 1975), South Korean female comedian
  
  ## As name element
  
  In the mid-20th century, various names containing this element were popular for newborn Korean girls, including:
  
  * Hyun-sook (6th place in 1950, 8th place in 1960)
  * In-sook (8th place in 1950)
  * Jung-sook (4th place in 1940, 2nd place in 1950)
  * Kyung-sook (7th place in 1950, 5th place in 1960)
  * Mi-sook (2nd place in 1960)
  * Myung-sook (5th place in 1950)
  * Young-sook (2nd place in 1940, 1st place in 1950, 4th place in 1960)
  
  Other names containing this element include:
  
  * Sook-ja
  * Eun-sook
  * Jung-sook
  * Sung-sook
  * Yoon-sook
  