Joo (Korean name)

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Joo
Hangul
주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJu
McCune–ReischauerChu

Joo ([tɕu]), also spelled Ju or Chu, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Family name[]

As a family name, Joo may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "red" (朱; 붉을 주), and the other meaning "around" (周; 두루 주). The former has one bon-gwan (Wu Yuan, China), while the latter has four (Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do; , Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do; Cheorwon-gun, Gangwonnam-do; and , Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do). [1] The 2000 South Korean census found 215,010 people with this family name.[2]

In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 50.6% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ju in their passports, and another 46.9% spelled it as Joo. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included Chu and Choo.[3]

People with these family names include:

  • Ju Si-gyeong (1876–1914), Joseon Dynasty linguist
  • Chu Yo-han (1900–1976), South Korean poet
  • Chu Yung-kwang (1920–1982), South Korean footballer
  • Chu Sang-song (born 1933), North Korean politician, former Minister of People's Security
  • Ju Kyu-chang (born 1939), North Korean industrial official
  • Joo Hyun (born Joo Il-choo, 1941), South Korean actor
  • Joo Hyun-mi (born 1961), South Korean trot singer
  • Ju Jong-gwan (born 1971), South Korean sprint canoer
  • Joo Jin-mo (born 1958), South Korean actor
  • Joo Jin-mo (born 1974), South Korean actor
  • Ju Seung-jin (born 1975), South Korean footballer
  • Joo Hee-jung (born 1977), South Korean basketball player
  • Joo Sang-wook (born 1978), South Korean actor
  • Joo Se-hyuk (born 1980), South Korean table tennis player
  • Brian Joo (born 1981), American-born South Korean singer
  • Ju Ho-jin (born 1981), South Korean footballer
  • Joo Ki-hwan (born 1981), South Korean footballer
  • Joo Hyun-jung (born 1982), South Korean archer
  • Ju Ji-hoon (born 1982), South Korean actor
  • Joo Jong-hyuk (born 1983), South Korean actor and singer
  • Joo Min-jin (born 1983), South Korean short track speed skater
  • Joo Jae-duk (born 1985), South Korean footballer
  • Ju Kwang-youn (born 1985), South Korean footballer
  • Joo Hyeon-woo (born 1990), South Korean footballer
  • Ju Kwang-min (born 1990), North Korean footballer
  • Joo Hyong-jun (born 1991), South Korean speed skater
  • Ju Ha-rin (born 1998), member of South Korean boy band Onewe
  • Joo Kyul-kyung (born 1998), member of South Korean girl group Pristin
  • Ju Hak-nyeon (born 1999), member of South Korean boy group The Boyz
  • Ju Yeon-ho (born 2000), member of South Korean boy group VERIVERY
  • Dong Moon Joo, Korean American businessman
  • Joo Hee-sun, South Korean music video director
  • Joo Seong-ha, North Korean journalist who defected to South Korea in 2002
  • Hyung-ki Joo, British classical pianist of Korean descent
  • Judy Joo, Korean American celebrity chef

Given name[]

There are 56 hanja with the reading "joo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table at right.[4] One name containing this syllable, Eun-ju, was the sixth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1970.[5]

Names beginning with this syllable include:

Names ending with this syllable include:

People with the single syllable given name Joo include:

  • Joo (singer), stage name of Jung Min-joo (born 1990), South Korean solo singer, and older sister of Jung Il-hoon (former member of South Korean boy band BtoB)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean family names]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. ^ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  3. ^ 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  5. ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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