Pronunciation | /hjʌn.wu/ |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Hyeon-woo, Hyeon-wu, Hyon-woo |
Hyun-woo | |
Hangul | 현우 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hyeon-u |
McCune–Reischauer | Hyŏn-u |
IPA | [hjʌnu] |
Hyun-woo, also spelled Hyeon-woo, or Hyeon-wu, Hyon-woo, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun"[1] and 60 hanja with the reading "woo"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. 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.[3]
People with this name include: