Woo (Korean given name)

Woo
Pronunciation/wu/
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningdifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingWu, U
Woo
Hangul
Hanja
, , , , , and others
Revised Romanizationu
McCune–Reischaueru
IPA[u]

Woo, also spelled Wu, or U, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As a given name the meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 64 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.