Hyun-woo

Hyun-woo
Hangul 현우
Hanja 玄雨, 玹雨, 鉉宇, 鉉寓, 賢宇, 賢祐, 顯祐, and others
Revised Romanization Hyeon-u
McCune–Reischauer Hyŏn-u

Hyun-woo, also spelled Hyeon-woo, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Hyun-woo has been a popular name for baby boys in South Korea for more than two decades, coming in third place in 1988 and fourth place in 1998. In 2008, a total of 1,943 baby boys were given this name, making it the third-most popular name that year.[2]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

  • Lee Hyun-woo (entertainer) (born 1966), South Korean singer and actor
  • Ha Hyun-woo (born 1981), South Korean singer-songwriter
  • Ji Hyun-woo (born Joo Hyung-tae, 1984), South Korean actor and indie rock guitarist
  • Hyun Woo (born Kim Hyun-woo, 1985), South Korean actor
  • Kim Hyun-woo (born 1987), South Korean keyboardist, member of DickPunks
  • Lee Hyun-woo (actor) (born 1993), South Korean actor
  • Son Hyun-woo (born 1992), stage name Shownu, South Korean singer, leader of boy band Monsta X
  • Baek Hyun-woo (born 1999), South Korean singer, member of D-Crunch
  • Kim Hyun-woo (born 2001), South Korean singer, member of boy band TRCNG

Sportspeople

Other

  • Gong Hyeon-U (born 1959), Chinese diplomat of Korean descent

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ↑ 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
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