Seok (Korean name)
Seok, also spelled Suk, is a rare Korean family name held by about 56,500 South Koreans, as well as an element in some Korean given names.
As a family name
The family name Seok can be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "stone", and the other meaning "ancient". The former version is the more widespread of the two. The 2000 South Korean census found 46,066 people by this name. Of these, the great majority are members of the Gyeongju Seok clan and the Chungju Seok clan. The latter had a 2000 South Korean population of 9,544. The Gyeongju Seok clan claims descent from certain of the early rulers of Silla; the first Gyeongju Seok to sit on the throne was the fourth Silla king, Talhae.In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 61.3% of people with that surname spelled it in Latin letters as Seok in their passports, vs. 30.6% as Suk. Rarer alternative spellings included Seog, Sok, Souk, and Sock.
People with this family name include:
- Seok Joo-myung, Korean lepidopterist of the Japanese colonial period
- Seok Ju-seon, Korean scholar of traditional Korean clothing and folklorist
- Seok Rae-myeong, South Korean film director
- Seok Jong-gu, South Korean boxer
- Seok Cheoljoo, South Korean painter and professor
- Suk Jong-yul, South Korean professional golfer
- Suk Min-hee, South Korean team handball player, Olympic gold medalist
- Suk Jong-yul, South Korean professional golfer
- Seok Jung-ah, South Korean retired volleyball player
- Jeannie Suk, Korean American law professor
- Suk Jin-wook, South Korean retired volleyball player
- Seok Eun-mi, South Korean table tennis player, Olympic silver medalist
- Seok Ha-jung, Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player
- Suk Hyun-joon, South Korean former professional tennis player
- Suk Young-jin, South Korean bobsledder
- Seok Dong-woo, South Korean footballer
- Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer
- Seok Matthew, Canadian singer, member of boy band Zerobaseone
- Bailey Sok, American professional dancer and choreographer
In given names
There are 20 hanja with the reading Seok on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; common ones are shown in the table above.People with the single-syllable given name Seok include:
- Baek Seok, South Korean poet
- Yi Seok, descendant of the Joseon Dynasty royal family
- Jo Seok, South Korean webcomic artist
- Kim Seok, South Korean football player
- Kim Seok (equestrian), South Korean equestrian