Soo (Korean name)

Soo, also spelled Su, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

For a more common Korean family name, see So (Korean name). For an even more common Korean family name sometimes spelled "Suh", see Seo (surname).
Soo
Hangul
수
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSu
McCune–ReischauerSu

Family name

As a family name, 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.[1]

The more common name means "water" (水; 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.[1][2] According to the Joseon Ssijok Tongbo (조선씨족통보; 朝鮮氏族統譜), the name originated in Wuxing (today Wuxing District, Huzhou), Zhejiang, China.[2][3]

The less common name means "shore" or "bank" (洙; 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.[1][4]

Given name

There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo", and variant forms of seven of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are listed in the table at right.[5]

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:

See also

References
  1. "행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "水氏(江南 · 江陵 · 高山 · 金海)" [Su clans (Gangnam, Gangneung, Gosan, Gimhae)]. Bucheon: Jokbo Library. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. "수씨(水氏)" [Su clan]. Bucheon: Jokbo Library. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. "달성 · 밀양수씨(達城 · 密陽洙氏)" [Dalseong, Miryang Su clans]. Bucheon: Jokbo Library. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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