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{{Infobox Korean name
|title=Kyung
|hangul    = 경
|hanja     = '''Family/given:'''<BR/>
{{linktext|景|慶}}

'''Given name only:'''<BR/>
{{linktext|京|經|庚|耕|敬|輕|驚|競|竟|境}}
{{linktext|鏡|頃|傾|硬|警|徑|卿|倞|鯨|坰}}
{{linktext|耿|炅|更|梗|憬|璟|瓊|擎|儆|俓}}
{{linktext|涇|莖|勁|逕|熲|冏|勍|烱|璥|痙}}
{{linktext|磬|絅|脛|頸|鶊|檠|冂|𠗊|憼|巠}}
{{linktext|曔|燛}}

'''Variant forms:'''
{{linktext|囧|暻|㯳|亰|璄}}

|rr        = Gyeong
|mr        = Kyŏng
|koreanipa = [kjʌŋ]
}}
'''Kyung''', also spelled '''Kyoung''', '''Gyeong''', '''Kyeong''', '''Keyoung''', or '''Kyong''', is an uncommon [[Korean family name]], as well as a single-syllable [[Korean given name]] and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. 

==As a family name==
The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,784 people with the family name Kyung. It may be written with either of two different [[hanja]]. Those with the name meaning "scenery" ({{linktext|景}}) may belong to one of two different ''[[bon-gwan]]'': [[Haeju]], [[South Hwanghae]], in what is today [[North Korea]], and [[Taein]] (泰仁). There is only one ''bon-gwan'' for the other Kyung surname, meaning "celebration" ({{linktext|慶}}): [[Cheongju]], [[Chungcheongbuk-do]], in what is today [[South Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gojun.knu.ac.kr/search_read.html?orderbystr=parents%20desc,pos&id=3524&searchstr=%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%84%B1%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%8C&qu=title&page=1&list_no=1|title=한국성씨일람|trans-title=List of Korean surnames|publisher=[[Kyungpook National University]]|date=2003-12-11|accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref> In a study by the [[National Institute of the Korean Language]] based on 2007 application data for [[Republic of Korea passport|South Korean passports]], it was found that 69.2% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Kyung in their passports, while another 19.2% spelled it as Kyoung. The Revised Romanisation spelling Gyeong came in third place at 7.6%. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 4.0%) included Kyeong.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://korean.go.kr/front/etcData/etcDataView.do?etc_seq=179&mn_id=46|script-title=ko:성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회|trans-title=Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion|publisher=National Institute of the Korean Language|date=25 June 2009|accessdate=22 October 2015|page=57}}</ref>

People with the surname Kyung include:
*[[Kyŏng Tae-sŭng]] (1154–1183), Goryeo Dynasty general
*[[Kyong Won-ha]] (born 1928), North Korean nuclear scientist
*[[Kyung Soo-jin]] (born 1987), South Korean actress
*[[Kyung Sung-hyun]] (born 1990), South Korean alpine skier

==In given names==
Kyung is an element in many popular Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the [[hanja]] used. There are 54 hanja with this reading, and [[variant Chinese character|variant forms]] of six of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table above (one variant is not included due to encoding issues).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|title=인명용 한자표|trans-title=Table of hanja for use in personal names|publisher=Supreme Court|publication-place=South Korea|accessdate=2013-10-17|page=3}} The missing character is {{linktext|⿰|𠂎|卽}}, a variant of {{linktext|卿}}.</ref> In the 1940s through 1970s, many popular names for newborn girls in South Korea contained this element, including:<ref name="babyname.co.kr1940">{{cite web|url=http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?standard=&val=&PAGE_NO=2 |title=한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까? |publisher=babyname.co.kr |accessdate=2012-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020214127/http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?standard=&val=&PAGE_NO=2 |archivedate=2013-10-20 }}</ref><ref name="babyname.co.kr">{{cite web|url=http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?cate1=14&name=|title=한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?|publisher=babyname.co.kr|accessdate=2012-11-09}}</ref>

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;First syllable
*[[Kyung-hee]] (9th place in 1950, 3rd place in 1960)
*[[Kyung-ja]] (3rd place in 1940)
*[[Kyung-ok]] (10th place in 1950)
*[[Kyung-sook]] (7th place in 1950, 5th place in 1960)
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;Second syllable
*[[Eun-kyung]] (8th place in 1970)
*[[Mi-kyung]] (1st place in 1960, 7th place in 1970)
{{col-end}}

Other names beginning with this element include:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Kyung-ah]]
*[[Kyung-chul]]
*[[Kyung-gu]]
*[[Kyung-ho]]
*[[Kyung-jae]]
*[[Kyung-joon]]
*[[Kyung-ju (name)|Kyung-ju]]
*[[Kyung-hee]]
*[[Kyung-hwa]]
*[[Kyung-hwan]]
*[[Kyung-lim]]
*[[Kyung-min]]
*[[Kyung-mo]]
*[[Kyung-seok]]
*[[Kyung-soo]]
*[[Kyung-sun]]
*[[Kyung-tae]]
*[[Kyung-taek]]
*[[Kyung-wan]]
*[[Kyung-won (name)|Kyung-won]]
{{div col end}}

Other names ending with this element include:
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*[[Bo-kyung]]
*[[Hee-kyung]]
*[[Hye-kyung]]
*[[Hyun-kyung]]
*[[Jae-kyung]]
*[[Min-kyung]]
*[[Seong-gyeong]]
*[[Soo-kyung]]
*[[Yi-kyung]]
*[[Yoo-kyung]]
{{div col end}}

== People ==
People with the given name Kyung include:
*[[Lee Young-kyoung]] (born 1966), South Korean illustrator
*[[Kyung Lah]] (born 1971), Korean-American journalist
*[[Sol Kyong]] (born 1990), North Korean judo practitioner
*[[Park Kyung]] (born 1992), South Korean rapper and record producer
*[[Hong Kyung]] (born 1996), South Korean actor

==See also==
*[[List of Korean given names]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{given name|type=both}}

[[Category:Korean-language surnames]]
[[Category:Korean given names]]