Entry № 6894 · Korean origin

Minkyung Minkyung — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEEN-kyung /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Smart + respect (Davichi iconic Korean duo)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "smart + respect (davichi iconic korean duo)".

Minkyung is from the Korean min (민 — smart, quick) + kyung (경 — respect, honor). Davichi has performed at major international K-pop tours and has accumulated over 1 billion YouTube views cumulative. Park Min-kyung — Korean Olympic figure. Lee Min-kyung — modern Korean figure. Princess Minkyung — modern Korean heritage naming.

Smart + respect (Korean).

The name in its native script.

민경
Transliteration
Minkyung
Pronunciation
/ ˈmiːn.kjʌŋ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Minkyung stands.

Minkyung does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Minkyungs before her.

Real people
Kang Min-kyung (Davichi)
Korean Davichi K-ballad vocalist.
born 1990
In fiction
Minkyung
Korean smart + respect.

Names connected to Minkyung.

The number behind Minkyung.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Minkyung reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.