Soo (Korean name)

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| name = Su

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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|s|u}}

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| meaning = 秀(su) meaning "excellent, beautiful, flower, flowering, elegant, talent", 修(su) meaning "study, learn, mend, repair, beautiful, excellent", or other Hanja's meaning.

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| origin = Korean

| alternative spelling = Soo

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{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 수

| hanja = {{linktext|秀}}, {{linktext|修}} and others

| rr = Su

| mr = Su

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Su, also spelled Soo, is a rare Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.List of Korean given names As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 91 hanja with the reading "su"[https://hanja.dict.naver.com/#/category/name 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "수"] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

Family name

As a family name, Su(Soo) may be written with two different hanja, each indicating different lineages. The 2000 South Korean Census found a total of 199 people and 54 households with these family names.{{cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1INOOSB&vw_cd=&list_id=&scrId=&seqNo=&lang_mode=ko&obj_var_id=&itm_id=&conn_path=K1&path=#|title=행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구|trans-title=Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals|publisher=Korean Statistical Information Service|access-date=29 August 2017}}

The more common name means 'water' ({{linktext|水}}; {{lang|ko|물 수}}). The surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) as of 2000 included Gangneung, Gangwon Province (46 people and 12 households); Gangnam, Seoul (41 people and 9 households); Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province (17 people and four households); Gosan (today Wanju County), North Jeolla Province (11 people and three households); and nine people with other or unknown bon-gwan.{{cite web|url=http://www.jokbo.re.kr/book/index.html?fnkey=12181728|title=水氏(江南 · 江陵 · 高山 · 金海) |trans-title=Su clans (Gangnam, Gangneung, Gosan, Gimhae)|publisher=Jokbo Library|location=Bucheon|access-date=30 August 2017}} According to the Joseon Ssijok Tongbo (조선씨족통보; 朝鮮氏族統譜), the name originated in Wuxing (today Wuxing District, Huzhou), Zhejiang, China.{{cite web|url=http://www.jokbo.re.kr/book/index.html?sn=&fn=1218&fnkey=12181584|title=수씨(水氏)|trans-title=Su clan|publisher=Jokbo Library|location=Bucheon|access-date=30 August 2017}}

The less common name means 'shore' or 'bank' ({{linktext|洙}}; {{lang|ko|물가 수}}). For the 75 people with this family name, the surviving bon-gwan as of 2000 included Dalseong County, Daegu (46 people and 15 households); Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province (24 people and eight households); and five people with other or unknown bon-gwan.{{cite web|url=http://www.jokbo.re.kr/book/index.html?fnkey=12951064&fn=1295&sn=%BB%E7&vcode=|title=달성 · 밀양수씨(達城 · 密陽洙氏)|trans-title=Dalseong, Miryang Su clans|publisher=Jokbo Library|location=Bucheon|access-date=30 August 2017}}

Given name

As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 91 hanja with the reading "su"[https://hanja.dict.naver.com/#/category/name 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "수"] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with the given name Soo include:

Go Soo (born 1978), South Korean actor

Korean names which begin with this element include:

Korean names which end with this element include:

References

Category:Korean-language surnames

Category:Korean given names

Category:Chinese given names

Soo (Korean name)

Family name

Given name

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