At a Glance
- Origin
- Korean (hanja-based given name)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- SOO-young
Sooyoung is a Korean (hanja-based given name) girl's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Korean Baby Girl Names With Stunning Meanings.
Meaning & Origin of Sooyoung
Origin: Korean (hanja-based given name).
A common claim: Often glossed as 'pure and flourishing,' from hanja read as either water+glory or plain/simple+brilliant. Actually: This reads as precise, but the source hedges between two entirely different hanja pairs, so no single meaning is actually attested for the name as such.
How to Pronounce Sooyoung
SOO-youngIPA /suːˈjʌŋ/
Popularity of Sooyoung
Sooyoung doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Sooyoung
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