Kyung, also spelled Kyoung, Gyeong, Kyeong, or Kyong, is an uncommon

Korean family name This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) North–South differences in the Korean language, denotes South Korea. (N) North–South differences in the Korean language, denotes North Korea. The most common Korean fa ...

, as well as a single-syllable

Korean given name A Korean name (Hangul: ; Hanja: ) consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ''ireum'' or ''seongmyeong'' usually refers to the family name (''seon ...

and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.

As a family name

The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,784 people with the family name Kyung. It may be written with either of two different

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 ...

. Those with the name meaning "scenery" () may belong to one of two different '' bon-gwan'': Haeju,

South Hwanghae South Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaenamdo; , lit. "south Yellow Sea province") is a province in western North Korea. The province was formed in 1954 when the former Hwanghae Province was split into North and South Hwanghae. The provincial capital i ...

, in what is today

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

, and Taein (泰仁). There is only one ''bon-gwan'' for the other Kyung surname, meaning "celebration" (): Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. In a study by the

National Institute of the Korean Language The National Institute of Korean Language is a language regulator of the Korean language. It was created on January 23, 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 13163 (November 14, 1990). It is based in Seoul, South Korea. The institute was originally ...

based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 69.2% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Kyung in their passports, while another 19.2% spelled it as Kyoung. The Revised Romanisation spelling Gyeong came in third place at 7.6%. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 4.0%) included Kyeong. People with the surname Kyung include: *

Gyeong Dae-seung Gyeong Dae-seung (Hangul: 경대승, Hanja: 慶大升) (1154 – 4 August 1183) was the third of many military dictators who ruled during the late period of the Goryeo. Unlike his predecessors, General Gyeong was determined to fix Goryeo's prob ...

(1154–1183), Goryeo Dynasty general *

Kyong Won-ha Kyong Won-ha (, born 1928) is a nuclear scientist who may have participated in developing the North Korean nuclear program. According to a 2003 report, he left North Korea in 2002 with help from Spanish officials, ultimately defecting to the Un ...

(born 1928), North Korean nuclear scientist * Kyung Soo-jin (born 1987), South Korean actress *

Kyung Sung-hyun Kyung Sung-hyun (born June 10, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea) is an alpine skier from South Korea. He competed for South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics South Korea competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 201 ...

(born 1990), South Korean alpine skier *

Kyeong Jae-seok Kyeong Jae-seok (; born September 26, 2000) is a South Korean figure skater. He is the 2022 South Korean national bronze medalist, the 2017 South Korean national junior silver medalist, and the 2017 Asian Open Trophy junior bronze medalist ...

(born 2000), South Korean figure skater

In given names

Kyung is an element in many popular Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the

used. There are 54 hanja with this reading, and variant forms of six of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table above (one variant is not included due to encoding issues). The missing character is , a variant of . In the 1940s through 1970s, many popular names for newborn girls in South Korea contained this element, including: ;First syllable *

Kyung-hee Kyung-hee, also spelled Kyong-hui or Gyong-hui, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 25 hanja with the reading " hee" on the ...

(9th place in 1950, 3rd place in 1960) *

Kyung-ja Kyung-ja, also spelled Kyong-ja, Kyoung-ja or Gyeong-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 28 hanja with the reading "j ...

(3rd place in 1940) *

Kyung-ok Kyung-ok, also spelled Kyong-ok, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and five hanja with the reading " ok" on the South Korean ...

(10th place in 1950) *

Kyung-sook Kyung-sook, also spelled Gyeong-suk, Kyung-suk or Kyong-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 13 hanja with the readin ...

(7th place in 1950, 5th place in 1960) ;Second syllable * Eun-kyung (8th place in 1970) *

Mi-kyung Mi-kyung or Mi-kyoung, also spelled Mi-gyeong or Mi-gyong is a Korean feminine given name. It was South Korea's most popular name for baby girls in 1968. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja Ther ...

(1st place in 1960, 7th place in 1970) Other names beginning with this element include: *

Kyung-ah Kyung-ah, also spelled Kyong-ah, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung Kyung, also spelled Kyoung, Gyeong, Kyeong, or Kyong, is a ...

Kyung-chul Kyung-chul, also spelled Kyong-chol or Gyeong-cheol, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 11 hanja with the reading " chu ...

Kyung-gu Kyung-gu is a Korean male given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja with which the name is written. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 56 hanja with the reading "gu" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja whi ...

Kyung-ho Kyung-ho, also spelled Kyong-ho in North Korea, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 49 hanja with the reading " ho" on t ...

Kyung-jae Kyung-jae, Gyeong-jae, and Kyoung-jae are various Latin-alphabet spellings of a single Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja with which the name is written. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 20 hanja wit ...

Kyung-joon Kyung-joon, also spelled Kyung-jun or Kyoung-jun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading kyung and 34 hanja with the reading " joon" on ...

* Kyung-ju *

* Kyung-hwa *

Kyung-hwan Kyung-hwan, also spelled Kyoung-hwan or Kyung-hwan, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 21 hanja with the reading " hwan" ...

* Kyung-lim *

Kyung-min Kyung-min, also spelled Kyoung-min, Gyeong-min, or Kyong-min, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 27 hanja with the reading ...

Kyung-mo Kyung-mo is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja with which the name is written. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 27 hanja with the reading "mo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanj ...

Kyung-seok Kyung-seok, also spelled Kyung-suk or Kyong-sok, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 20 hanja with the reading " seok" on ...

Kyung-soo Kyung-soo, also spelled Kyoung-soo, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 67 hanja with the reading " soo" on the South Kor ...

* Kyung-sun * Kyung-tae *

Kyung-taek Kyung-taek, also spelled Kyong-taek, is a Korean male given name. People with this name include: * Kim Kyong-taek, South Korean academic, president of Dongkang College *Kwak Kyung-taek (born 1966), South Korean film director *Song Kyung-Taek (bo ...

Kyung-wan Kyung-wan, also spelled Kyung-oan, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. The meaning of the name differs based on the hanja used for each syllable. Regulations of the Supreme Court of Korea permit the following hanja to be regis ...

* Kyung-won Other names ending with this element include: *

Bo-kyung Bo-kyung is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 18 hanja with the reading "bo" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list o ...

* Hee-kyung *

Hye-kyung Hye-kyung, also spelled Hye-kyong, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "Hye (Korean name), hye" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" ...

Hyun-kyung Hyun-kyung, also spelled Hyun-kyoung or Hyon-gyong, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading " hyun" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" ...

Ja-kyung Ja-kyung (자경) is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 28 hanja with the reading "ja" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's offici ...

* Jae-kyung * Min-kyung *

Seong-gyeong Seong-gyeong, also spelled Sung-kyung, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja There are 27 hanja with the reading "seong" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung, gyeong" ...

* Soo-kyung *

Yi-kyung Yi-kyung, also spelled Lee-kyung, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. Due to North–South differences in the Korean language, in North Korea some of these names start with an "r" (ㄹ) in both spoken and written form, which do ...

Yoo-kyung Yoo-kyung is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 62 hanja with the reading "yu" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official lis ...

People with the given name Kyung include: *

Kyung Lah Kyung I. Lah ( ko, 나경, ; born August 27, 1971) is a South Korean-American journalist and correspondent for CNN based in the U.S. Early life and education Lah was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Streamwood, Illinois, Lah gradua ...

(born 1971), Korean-American journalist * Sol Kyong (born 1990), North Korean judo practitioner *

Park Kyung Park Kyung (Korean: 박경; born July 8, 1992), also known as just Kyung, is a South Korean rapper and record producer. He is a member of the group Block B. Career Pre-debut Park Kyung started his rapping career by promoting underground al ...

(born 1992), South Korean rapper and record producer *

Hong Kyung Hong Kyung (born February 14, 1996) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his role in the film ''Innocence'' (2020), which won him a Baeksang Arts Award. Career After graduating from Hanyang University, Hong made his acting debut with ...

(born 1996), South Korean actor

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As a family name

In given names

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