Ji-woo

Ji-woo
Pronunciation/dʒɪ.wu/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingJi-u, Ji-oo
Nickname(s)Jyu/Jyoo
Ji-woo
Hangul
지우
Hanja
知優, 志宇, 芝雨, 知佑 and others
Revised RomanizationJi-u
McCune–ReischauerChiu
IPA[dziu], [tɕiu]

Ji-woo, also spelled Ji-u, or Ji-oo, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji"[1] and 60 hanja with the reading "woo"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. In 2008, Ji-woo was the eighth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea, with 2,107 being given the name; it rose to fifth place in 2011, and subsequently to third place in 2013 and 2015.[3][4][5][6]

People

People with this name include:

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also

References

  1. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "지"
  2. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "우"
  3. ^ 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (28 January 2009). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  4. ^ 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  5. ^ "신생아 인기 이름 1위, 철수와 영자에서…세월 따라 이름도". Maeil Business Newspaper. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  6. ^ "2015 신생아 인기 이름… 男 '민준'-女 2년째 '서윤'". Money Today. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.