Chul (Korean name)
| Chul | |
| Hangul | 철 |
|---|---|
| RR | Cheol |
| MR | Ch'ŏl |
Chul, also spelled Cheol or Chol, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable Korean given names.
People
People with the single-syllable given name Chul include:
- Chŏng Ch'ŏl (1536–1593), Joseon dynasty statesman and poet
- Kim Chol (c. 1960–2012), North Korean politician
- Kang Chul (born 1971), South Korean football player
- Park Chul (born 1973), South Korean football manager
- Woo Chul (born 1978), South Korean swimmer
- Kim Chul (born 1980), South Korean field hockey player
- Hong Chul (born 1990), South Korean football player
- Pak Chol (born 1990), North Korean long-distance runner
- DinDin (born Lim Cheol, 1991), South Korean rapper
- Ahn Chol, North Korean freelance journalist
Fictional characters with the name Chul include:
- Kang Cheol, brother of Player 067 (Kang Sae-byeok) in the 2021 South Korean drama Squid Game
As name element
In South Korea, some names ending with this element were popular for baby boys in the 1950s and 1960s, including Sang-chul, Byung-chul, and Young-chul.[1] Other Korean given names containing the element Chul include:
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See also
References
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.