Min-Seo

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Min-Seo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country. In Macao it is the 62nd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 4Kas 민서(inferred from the name graph)
  • KPNorth Korea≈1 in 6.2K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 839K

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 Min-Seo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 named 민서, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
78 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.2K (inferred from the name graph)

North Korea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Min-SeoLatin(measured from records)
민서Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Minseo in US United States, MY Malaysia, NL Netherlands and 2 more and 민서 in KR South Korea, MO Macao.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Min-Seo 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 Min-Seo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#754≈13,000 est.≈1 in 4K24K민서78
KP North Korea—≈4,100 est.≈1 in 6.2K—Minseo5
US United States—2891 in 1.2M208Minseo74
MO Macao#62≈120 est.≈1 in 5.2K—민서1
ZA South Africa—≈47 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Minseo1
MY Malaysia—≈39 est.≈1 in 839K—Minseo3
NL Netherlands—≈16 est.≈1 in 1.1M—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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Min-Seo is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Minseo

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Minseo

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

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)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens

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 Min-Seo a male or female name?
Min-Seo is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Min-Seo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named 민서 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Min-Seo?
In the United States, the national register counted 289 people named Min-Seo in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
How common is Min-Seo compared with other names?
In South Korea, Min-Seo 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, “Min-Seo” — the 754th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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