Woo-jin
Hangul
우진
Hanja
, , and others
Revised RomanizationU-jin
McCune–ReischauerUjin

Woo-jin is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "woo" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] In 2008, Woo-jin was the fifth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea, with 1,811 being given the name that year.[2]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

Sportspeople

Other

Fictional characters

  • Lee Woo-jin, in 2003 South Korean film Oldboy

Companies

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
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