Soo (Korean name)

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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

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.

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]

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][3]

It is difficult to determine the clan's original bon-gwan or founder due to the lack of historical records, but it is believed that the bon-gwans of the two clans trace back to Unje, modern-day Wanju, and Gimhae according to Joseon Ssijoktongbo (Korean: 조선씨족통보; Hanja: 朝鮮氏族通報) and Manseongbo (Korean: 만성보; Hanja: 萬姓譜).[2][4]

Given name[]

There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo", and seven variant forms, 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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "水氏(江南 · 江陵 · 高山 · 金海)" [Su clans (Gangnam, Gangneung, Gosan, Gimhae)]. Bucheon: Jokbo Library. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. ^ "달성 · 밀양수씨(達城 · 密陽洙氏)" [Dalseong, Miryang Su clans]. Bucheon: Jokbo Library. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ^ "수씨(水氏)" [Su clan]. 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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