Ji-woo

Ji-woo
Hangul
지우
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MRChiu
IPA[tɕiu]

Ji-woo, also spelled Ji-u, or Ji-oo, is a Korean given name. In 2008, Ji-woo was the eighth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea, with 2,107 being given the name; it rose to fifth place in 2011, and subsequently to third place in 2013 and 2015.[1][2][3][4]

People

People with this name include:

  • Hwang Ji-u (born 1952), South Korean poet
  • Jung Ji-woo (born 1968), South Korean film director
  • Choi Ji-woo (born Choi Mi-hyang, 1975), South Korean actress
  • Park Ji-woo (born 1980), South Korean dancer
  • Kim Ji-woo (born Kim Jeong-eun, 1983), South Korean actress
  • Jeon Ji-woo (born 1996), South Korean singer and rapper, member of the co-ed group Kard
  • Song Ji-woo (born 1997), South Korean actress
  • Ji Woo (born Choi Ji-woo, 1997), South Korean actress
  • Park Ji-woo (speed skater) (born 1998), South Korean speed skater
  • Chuu (born Kim Ji-woo, 1999), South Korean singer, former member of the girl group Loona
  • Jiwoo (born Kim Ji-woo, 2005), South Korean singer and rapper, member of the girl group Nmixx
  • Lee Ji-woo (born 2005), South Korean singer, member of the girl group TripleS

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Ji-woo, character in 2010 South Korean television series The Fugitive: Plan B
  • Hwang Ji-woo, character in 2020 South Korean television series Men Are Men
  • Han Ji-Woo, the original main protagonist of the Korean localization of Pokémon the Series, known in English as Ash Ketchum.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (28 January 2009). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ↑ 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "신생아 인기 이름 1위, 철수와 영자에서…세월 따라 이름도". Maeil Business Newspaper. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "2015 신생아 인기 이름… 男 '민준'-女 2년째 '서윤'". Money Today. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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