Sun-woo

"Sunwoo" redirects here. For the former animation studio, see Sunwoo Entertainment. For the Xianyu/Seonu people (鮮虞), see Beidi.
Sun-woo
Hangul
선우
Hanja
Surname
鮮于
Given name
善宇, 宣佑, and others
Revised RomanizationSeonu
McCune–ReischauerSŏnu
IPA/sʌnu/

Sun-woo, also spelled Seon-u, Sŏn-u, or Seon-woo, is a Korean surname and unisex given name. It may also be written without the hyphen after the 'n', particularly when used as a surname.[1]

Surname

As a surname, Sun-woo is written with the hanja 鮮于. Taewon Sunwoo clan is one of the Korean clans. The bon-gwan of the surname is Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.[2] The 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 3,560 people with this surname in South Korea, making it the second-most common two-syllable surname in the country.[3]

People with this surname include:

Given name

As a given name, the meaning of Sun-woo differs based on the hanja used to write the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "seon" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[4]

People with this given name include:

Entertainers

  • Jang Sun-woo (born 1952), South Korean film director
  • Kim Seon-wu (born 1970), South Korean poet
  • Baro (born Cha Sun-woo, 1992), South Korean singer

Sportspeople

Other

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ^ International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (1996). Names of Persons: National Usages for Entry in Catalogues. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110974553. Surname: usually one syllable although there are ten surnames of two syllables. Examples: Kim, Yi, Lee, Namgung, Sunwoo ... Both two-syllable surnames and two-syllable given names may have their syllables joined or linked by a hyphen. In the more common case of a single-syllable surname, the hyphenated given names help to distinguish the surname.
  2. ^ "태원선우씨". Naver Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.