Woo (Korean given name)

Woo, also spelled Wu, or U, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names (see List of Korean given names).

Woo
Hangul	우
RR	U
MR	U
IPA	[u]

People

People with the single-syllable given name Woo, or Wu, U include:

• Ch'oe U (1166–1249), military leader of Goryeo
• Wang U (1079–1122), the personal name of King Yejong of Goryeo
• Wang U (1365–1389), the personal name of King U of Goryeo
• Yi U (1912–1945), member of the Korean Imperial household and grandson of Emperor Gojong
• Park Woo (born 1972), South Korean wrestler

As a name element

First syllable

• Woo-jin
• Woo-sung
• Woo-young

Second syllable

• Byung-woo
• Chang-woo
• Chul-woo
• Hyun-woo, 5th place in 1980, 2nd place in 1990, 3rd place in 2008, 5th place in 2009
• Jin-woo
• Jung-woo
• Ki-woo
• Kun-woo, 6th place in 2008, 7th place in 2009
• Min-woo
• Sang-woo
• Seung-woo
• Sung-woo
• Tae-woo
• Ji-woo, 8th place in 2008, 4th place in 2009, 5th place in 2011
• Si-woo, 4th place in 2011, 5th place in 2013, 4th place in 2017
• Sun-woo
• Yeon-woo

See also

• List of Korean given names