In-soo, also spelled In-su, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly male. The meaning of the name differs based on the

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

used to write each syllable. There are 29 hanja with the reading " in" and 67 hanja with the reading " soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *

Seon of Balhae Dae Insu, also known as King Seon (r. 818–830) was the 10th king of the kingdom of Balhae. He restored national strength, and is remembered today as the last of the great Balhae rulers before its fall. Background Dae Insu was a 4th-generatio ...

(birth name Dae Insu; died 830), 10th king of Balhae *

Pak Paengnyeon Pak Paeng-nyeon (박팽년, 朴彭年; 1417–1456) was a scholar-official of the early Joseon Dynasty, and is known as one of the six martyred ministers. He was born to a yangban family of the Suncheon Park clan, and was the son of high ministe ...

(1417–1456), courtesy name Insu, Joseon Dynasty scholar-official *

Queen Insu Queen Sohye (舊1437-09-08 - 舊1504-04-27), of the Cheongju Han clan, was the only wife of Crown Prince Uigyeong. She never was the consort of a reigning king. Nevertheless, she was honored as Queen Insu (인수왕후) and later as Queen Dowager ...

(1437–1504), wife of Crown Prince Uigyeong of Joseon *

Insoo Kim Berg Insoo Kim Berg (25 July 1934 – 10 January 2007) was a Korean-born American psychotherapist who was a pioneer of solution focused brief therapy. Biography Berg was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. She was a pharmacy major at Ewha Womans Univers ...

(1934–2007), Korean-born American female psychotherapist *

Moon In-soo Moon In-soo (2 June 1945 – 7 June 2021) was a South Korean poet. Life Moon In-soo was born in June 1945 in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province. He studied Korean literature at Dongguk University but dropped out. Moon began his ...

(1945–2021), South Korean male poet * Chun In-soo (born 1965), South Korean male archer *

Insoo Hyun Insoo Hyun is the Director of Research Ethics and a faculty member of the Center for Bioethics and senior lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He also serves as the Inaugural Director of the Center for Life Sci ...

(born c. 1970), American male bioethics professor of Korean descent *

Lee In-su Lee In-soo (born 1 October 1973) is a South Korean rower. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: '' ...

(born 1973), South Korean male rower *

Kang In-soo Kang In-soo (; born March 10, 1988) is a South Korean singer and actor. Born in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, he was an aspiring singer in his adolescence and applied to the Department of Theater and Film in high school, but majored in dance follow ...

(born 1988), South Korean male singer, member of boy band Myname *

Yu In-soo is a South Korean footballer who plays for Gangwon FC Gangwon FC (Hangul:강원 FC) is a South Korean football club. Based in Gangwon Province of South Korea, Gangwon FC joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sp ...

(born 1994), South Korean male football midfielder in Japan

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{{given name Korean unisex given names

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