민서

given name · Hangul script

Meaning: meatgrinder, mincer (device for cutting meat)

A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country · latest register: Supreme Court, 2026

민서 is a male given name written in the Hangul script, with more bearers in North Korea than in any other country.

  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2Mas Minseo
  • PLPoland1 in 1.9Mas Minseo

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than 민서 itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

North Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈26,000 named Minseo, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
78 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Macao, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
민서Hangul(measured from records)
MinseoLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Minseo in US United States, MY Malaysia, KP North Korea.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

meatgrinder, mincer (device for cutting meat)

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

민서 counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where 민서 is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KP North Korea—≈26,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Minseo5
KR South Korea#754≈15,000 est.≈1 in 3.5K24K민서78
US United States—289as Minseo1 in 1.2M208Minseo74
MO Macao—≈200 est.≈1 in 3.4K—민서1
MY Malaysia—≈45 est.≈1 in 787K—Minseo3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: This page provides statistics on popular baby names in South Korea based on official data from the Electronic Family Rel; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
1980199020002010Chae Min-seo, b. 1981Kim Min-seo, b. 1984Hann E-seo, b. 1985Kim Min-seo, b. 1987Seo Min-seo, b. 1987Minseo, b. 1996Park Min-seo, b. 1998Bae Min-seo, b. 1999Jeon Min-seo, b. 2003Choi Min-seo, b. 2007
  • Chae Min-seob. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Kim Min-seob. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Hann E-seob. 1985KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Kim Min-seob. 1987KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean badminton player
  • Seo Min-seob. 1987KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Minseob. 1996KRSouth Korean singer
  • Park Min-seob. 1998KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player (1998-)
  • Bae Min-seob. 1999KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean baseball player (1999-)
  • Jeon Min-seob. 2003KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Choi Min-seob. 2007KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean Go player born 2007

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence

(measured from records)

4 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.

Official registers attesting 민서
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20092.4K#2
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20102.3K#3
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20112.1K#3
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20122.1K#4
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20082.1K#2
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20142K#4
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20132K#5
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20151.9K#6
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20161.5K#10
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20171.1K#18
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names20181.1K#16
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2019892#23

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is 민서 a male or female name?
민서 is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: South Korea (Supreme Court, 2026).
What does the name 민서 mean, and where does it come from?
meatgrinder, mincer (device for cutting meat) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does 민서 have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 26 thousand people named Minseo in North Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name 민서?
In the United States, the national register counted 289 people named Minseo in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
How common is 민서 compared with other names?
In South Korea, 민서 is the 754th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “민서” — the 754th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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