| Chang-woo | |
| Hangul | 창우 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Chang-u |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ang'u |
Chang-woo is a Korean male given name.
People with this name include:
An, also romanized Ahn, is a Korean family name. A total of 109 Korean clans are named 'An', but with different origins. In 2000, there were 637,786 people bearing this surname in South Korea, making it the 20th most common family name in the country, with roughly 2% of the country's population. North Korea does not release figures for surnames, but the percentage is expected to be more than in South Korea.
Song is a Korean family name derived from the Chinese surname Song. Songs make up roughly 1.4% of the Korean population; the 2000 South Korean census found 622,208 in that country.
Won is an uncommon Korean surname.
Shim or Sim (Korean: 심) is a Korean surname. There are six Shim clans in Korea based in the regions of Cheongsong, Pungsan, Samcheok, Buyu, Uiryeong, and Jeonju. The biggest Shim clan is Cheongsong; they comprise about 85% of all those with the surname Shim. Fourteen percent of all Korean Shims are members of the Pungsan and Samcheok clans. As of 2000, there were 252,255 people with this surname in South Korea, less than 1% of the population.
Sung-woo, also spelled Seong-woo or Seong-wu, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" 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.
Ju, also spelled Joo or Chu, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Woo-jin is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "woo" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. In 2008, Woo-jin was the fifth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea, with 1,811 being given the name that year.
Kun-woo, also spelled Keon-woo or Gun-woo, is a Korean masculine given name. It was the sixth-most popular name for baby boys born in South Korea in 2008, with 1,722 being given the name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "kun" and 42 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Woo-sung is a Korean male given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used. There are 42 hanja with the reading "woo" and 27 hanja with the reading "sung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
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.
Min-woo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" 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.
Yeon-woo is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 39 hanja with the reading "yeon" 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. It is sometimes written as Yeonoo instead of Yeon-Woo.
Sun-hee, also spelled Son-hui or Seon-hui, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "sun" and 24 hanja with the reading "hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Nam is a Korean family name meaning "south". The 2000 South Korean census found 257,178 people with this family name, of whom 150,394 belonged to the Uiryeong Nam bon-gwan. According to the same census, the place with the highest frequency of people belonging to that bon-gwan was Eumseong County, North Chungcheong Province, where it accounted for 1,021 people, or 1.21% of the population; this represented a significant drop both in numbers and in proportion from the 1985 census, when it accounted for 1,427 people, or 1.71% of the population.
Si-woo, also spelled Shi-woo, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 56 hanja with the reading "shi" and 64 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Si-woo was among the top 5 most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 2011, 2013 and 2017.
Ji, also spelled Jee, Chi, or Chee, is a Korean family name, as well as a popular element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Woo is an uncommon Korean surname.
Byeon, also known as Byun, Pyon (변) is a Korean surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hee-jin, also spelled Hui-jin, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "hee" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include:
Woo, also spelled Wu, or U, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As a given name the meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 64 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.