Ji-woo

Ji-woo
Hangul 지우
Hanja 芝雨, 志宇, and others
Revised Romanization Ji-u
McCune–Reischauer Chiu

Ji-woo, also spelled Jee-woo, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 42 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] 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.[2][3][4][5]

People with this name include:

  • Hwang Ji-u (born 1952), South Korean male poet
  • Jung Ji-woo (born 1968), South Korean male film director
  • Choi Ji-woo, stage name of Choi Mi-hyang (born 1975), South Korean actress
  • Park Ji-woo (born 1980), South Korean male dancer
  • Kim Ji-woo (born 1983), South Korean actress
  • Jeon Ji-woo (born 1996), South Korean female singer, member of Kard
  • Kim Jiwoo (born 1999), stage name Chuu, South Korean female singer, member of Loona

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "신생아 인기 이름 1위, 철수와 영자에서…세월 따라 이름도". Maeil Business Newspaper. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "2015 신생아 인기 이름… 男 '민준'-女 2년째 '서윤'". Money Today. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.