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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.[1]

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Surname

As a surname, Sun-woo is written with the hanja . Taewon Sunwoo clan is one of the Korean clans. The bon-gwan of the surname is Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.[2] The 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 3,560 people with this surname in South Korea, making it the second-most common two-syllable surname in the country.[3]

People with this surname include:

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As a given name, the meaning of Sun-woo differs based on the hanja used to write the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "seon" 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.[4]

People with this given name include:

Entertainers

  • Jang Sun-woo (born 1952), South Korean film director
  • Kim Seon-wu (born 1970), South Korean poet
  • Baro (born Cha Sun-woo, 1992), South Korean singer
  • Kim Sun-oo (born 2003), South Korean singer (Idol)

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