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Yeon-woo

Yeon-woo is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 39 hanja with the reading " yeon" and 41 hanja with the reading " woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:

  • Go Yeon-u (died 227), posthumous name Sansang of Goguryeo, tenth ruler of Goguryeo
  • Cho Yeon-woo (born Cho Jong-wook, 1971), South Korean actor
  • Kim Yeon-woo (born 1971), South Korean male singer
  • Nam Yeon-woo (born 1982), South Korean actor
  • Jhi Yeon-woo (born 1984), South Korean female bodybuilder
  • Yeon Woo, South Korean female pop singer

Fictional characters with this name include

  • Kim/Kwon Yeon-woo, in Kang Full's 2003 webcomic Love Story (and 2008 South Korean film adaptation Hello, Schoolgirl)
  • Heo Yeon-woo, in 2012 South Korean television series Moon Embracing the Sun adapted from the 2011 novel by Jung Eun-gwol