Hyun-seok, also spelled Hyun-suk, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "
hyun" and 20 hanja with the reading "
seok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
People with this name include:
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Dae Hyeonseok (
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
871–895), King of Balhae
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Bang Hyeon-seok (born 1961), South Korean writer
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Noh Hyun-suk
Noh Hyun-Suk (born October 10, 1966) is a male South Korean former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seou ...
(born 1966), South Korean handball player
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Kim Hyun-seok (footballer) (born 1967), South Korean football player
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Yang Hyun-suk (born 1970), South Korean entertainment executive, former member of boy band Seo Taeji and Boys
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Kim Hyun-seok (filmmaker) (born 1972), South Korean film director and screenwriter
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Yun Hyon-seok (1984–2003), South Korean LGBT activist
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Choi Hyun-suk (born 1999), member of South Korean boy band Treasure
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
References
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Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names