Ju (Korean name) explained

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Ju (pronounced as /ko/), also spelled Joo 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, Ju may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "red" (; 붉을 주), and the other meaning "around" (; 두루 주). The former has one bon-gwan (Wu Yuan, China), while the latter has four (Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do; Chogye-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do; Cheorwon-gun, Gangwonnam-do; and Anui-myeon, 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:

Given name

There are 56 hanja with the reading "ju" 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 Ju include:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 한국성씨일람. List of Korean family names. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. 2013-10-30.
  2. Web site: 성씨인구분포데이터 . Family name population and distribution data . National Statistics Office . South Korea . 2013-05-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101034812/http://sgis.nso.go.kr/pyramid/view_familyname_dmc_table.asp . 2013-11-01 .
  3. Book: 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회. Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. 22 October 2015. 61.
  4. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 2013-10-17.
  5. Web site: 한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?. babyname.co.kr. 2012-11-09.