Ok (Korean name)

The 2000 South Korean census found 22,964 people and 7,288 households with the family name Ok. The surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) at that time included: • Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province: 19,368 people and 6,157 households People with this family name include: • Simon Ok Hyun-jin (born 1968), South Korean Roman Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Gwangju • Ok Ja-yeon (born 1988), South Korean actress • Ock Joo-hyun (born 1980), South Korean singer, former member of Fin.K.L • Justine Ok, Korean-American artist and songwriter • Ok Kwan-bin (died 1933), Korean independence activist • Ok So-ri (born 1968), South Korean actress • Ok Taec-yeon (born 1988), South Korean singer, member of boyband 2PM ==Given name==

Hanja and meaning There are five hanja with the reading "ok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are: • (): "jade" • (): "house" • (: "prison" • (): "irrigate" • (): "treasure" People People with the single-syllable given name Ok include: • Yeo Ok, poet of the Gojoseon Kingdom which fell in 108 BC • Jeon Ok (1911–1969), South Korean actress • Kim Ok (born 1964), North Korean government employee, personal secretary to Kim Jong-il As name element One name containing this element, Kyung-ok, was the 10th-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950. Names containing this element include: • Jong-ok (unisex) • Kyung-ok (feminine) • Myung-ok (feminine) • Seon-ok (feminine) • Sun-ok (feminine) • Yeong-ok (feminine) ==See also==