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:
- Brenda Paik Sunoo, American journalist of Korean descent
- Sunwoo Eun-sook (born 1959), South Korean actress
- Sunwoo Hwi (1922–1986), South Korean writer
- Sonu Hyang-hui, North Korean violinist, member of the Moranbong Band
- Sunwoo Jae-duk (born 1962), South Korean actor
- Sunwoo Jin (1922–2009), South Korean independence activist and politician
- Sunwoo Jung-a (born 1985), South Korean singer
- Sonu Kyong-sun (born 1983), North Korean football defender
- Sunwoo Sun (born Jung Yoo-jin, 1975), South Korean actress
- Yekwon Sunwoo (born 1989), South Korean pianist
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo (born Jung Yong-rye, 1945), South Korean actress
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
- Sun-woo Kim (born 1977), South Korean male baseball pitcher (Korea Baseball Organization)
- Kim Sun-woo (footballer born 1983), South Korean male football forward (K-League Classic)
- Infiltration (gamer) (born Lee Seon-woo, 1985), South Korean professional electronic games player
- Kim Sun-woo (footballer born 1986), South Korean male football midfielder (K-League Challenge)
- Kim Sun-woo (footballer, born 1993), South Korean male football midfielder (K-League Classic)
- Kim Sun-woo (pentathlete) (born 1996), South Korean female modern pentathlete
- Kwon Sun-oo (born 1999), South Korean female snowboarder
Other
- Do Sunwoo, South Korean writer
- Sun Woo Lee, South Korean businessman, former Samsung COO
Fictional characters
- Kim Sun-woo, in 2005 South Korean film A Bittersweet Life
- Kim Sun-woo, in 2011 South Korean television series Poseidon
- Kim Sun-woo, in 2012 South Korean television series Man from the Equator
- Park Sun-woo, in 2013 South Korean television series Nine: Nine Time Travels
- Jung Sun-woo, in 2013 South Korean television series Monstar
- Ha Sun-woo, in 2014 South Korean television series Cheo Yong
- Sung Sun-woo, in 2015 South Korean television series Reply 1988
- Park Sun-woo, in 2016 South Korean television series Signal
- Lee Sun-woo, in 2020 South Korean television series Nobody Knows
- Ji Sun-woo, in 2020 South Korean television series The World of the Married
- Sunwoo Han, a.k.a. Jett, in 2020 video game Valorant
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "태원선우씨". Naver Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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