Chul-soo
Origin
Korean
Syllables
2
Peak era
1960s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
firm and excellent in common hanja readings. The textbook everyboy of mid-century Korea, paired with Young-hee in school primers for decades and now firmly a grandfather-generation name; the -soo ending dates its bearers as precisely as -jun dates today's boys.
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1960s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Chul-soo peaked in the 1960s.
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