Yeongsu

given name · Latin script

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

Yeongsu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country, where it is the 56th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 746as 영수(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2Mas Youngsoo
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 5.1M

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 Yeongsu 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)

≈69,000 named 영수, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
89 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.1M (inferred from the name graph)

Bolivia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

영수Hangul(measured from records)
YoungsooLatin(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Youngsoo in US United States, CA Canada, NL Netherlands and 2 more, 영수 in KR South Korea and Young-Soo in CH Switzerland.

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)

Yeongsu 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 Yeongsu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#56≈69,000 est.≈1 in 746—영수74
KP North Korea—≈660 est.≈1 in 39K3—3
US United States—285as Youngsoo1 in 1.2M224Youngsoo89
CA Canada—≈31 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Youngsoo17
NL Netherlands—≈18 est.≈1 in 986K—Youngsoo3
CH Switzerland—≈9 est.≈1 in 956K—Young-Soo3
SG Singapore—≈6 est.≈1 in 972K—Youngsoo4
BO Bolivia—≈2 est.≈1 in 5.1M—Youngsoo1

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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)

Yeongsu is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia

    Also written Yeong-Su

9 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)

190019201940196019802000Oh Young-su, b. 1909Yŏng-su Kim, b. 1911Yuk Young-soo, b. 1925Kim Youngsu, b. 1935John Choi Young-su, b. 1942Oh Yeong-su, b. 1944An Young-su, b. 1964Bae Young-soo, b. 1981Lee Young-soo, b. 1981
  • Oh Young-sub. 1909KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean novelist (1909-1979 )
  • Yŏng-su Kimb. 1911KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean journalist
  • Yuk Young-soob. 1925KRnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of South Korea (1925-1974)
  • Kim Youngsub. 1935KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean politician
  • John Choi Young-sub. 1942KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean Roman Catholic archbishop (1942-2009)
  • Oh Yeong-sub. 1944KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor (born 1944)
  • An Young-sub. 1964KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean boxer
  • Bae Young-soob. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean baseball player (1981-)
  • Lee Young-soob. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean baseball player (1981-)
  • Ji Young-sooKRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film director

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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Yeongsu under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Yeongsu a male or female name?
Yeongsu is a male 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 Yeongsu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 69 thousand people named 영수 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Yeongsu?
In the United States, the national register counted 285 people named Youngsoo in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
How common is Yeongsu compared with other names?
In South Korea, Yeongsu is the 56th 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, “Yeongsu” — the 56th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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