| Yeon-woo | |
| Hangul | 연우 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 軟祐, 延優, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Yeon-woo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏn-u |
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.
People with this name include:
- Go Yeon-u (died 227), posthumous name Sansang of Goguryeo, tenth ruler of Goguryeo
- Chang Yŏn-u (died 1015), Goryeo government official
- Cho Yeon-woo (born Cho Jong-wook, 1971), South Korean actor
- Kim Yeon-woo (born 1971), South Korean male singer
- Nam Yeon-woo (born 1982), South Korean actor
- Jhi Yeon-woo (born 1984), South Korean female bodybuilder
- Yeon Woo (singer, born 1981), South Korean female pop singer
Fictional characters with this name include
- Kim/Kwon Yeon-woo, in Kang Full's 2003 webcomic Love Story (and 2008 South Korean film adaptation Hello, Schoolgirl)
- Heo Yeon-woo, in 2012 South Korean television series Moon Embracing the Sun adapted from the 2011 novel by Jung Eun-gwol
- Woo Yeon-woo, in 2023 South Korean television series The Heavenly Idol
- Yoon Yeon-woo, in 2023 South Korean television series My Perfect Stranger
See also
References
- "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 6 October 2005.
Name listThis page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: