Soo-bin

Soo-bin
Hangul	수빈
Hanja	守斌, 秀彬, 洙彬, and others
Revised Romanization	Su-bin
McCune–Reischauer	Su-bin

Soo-bin, also spelled Su-bin, is a Korean unisex given name. In 2008, Soo-bin was the 9th-most-popular given name for baby girls in South Korea, with 2,069 being given the name.[1]

Hanja and meaning

The meaning of the name Soo-bin differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 25 hanja with the reading "bin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

• 秀彬 (빼어날 수; bbae-eonal su; 빛날 빈; binnal bin): "outstanding and refined"

People

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Bae Soo-bin (born 1976), South Korean actor
• Chae Soo-bin (born 1994), South Korean actress
• Ha Soo-bin (born 1973), South Korean singer
• Park Subin (born 1994), South Korean singer
• Yang Soobin (born 1994), South Korean entertainer

Sportspeople

• Choi Su-bin (born 1988), South Korean football player
• Jung Soo-bin (born 1990), South Korean baseball player

Other

• Lee Soo-bin (born 1939), South Korean businessman
• Soovin Kim (born 1976), Korean American violinist

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Chua Soo Bin (Chinese: 蔡斯民; pinyin: Cài Sīmín; born 1932), Singaporean photographer

References

1. 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.