Sun-woo, also spelled Seon-woo, is a Korean surname and given name.
As a surname, Sunwoo is written with the hanja 鮮于. The bon-gwan of the surname is Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. The 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 3,560 people with this surname in South Korea.
People with this surname include:
Sunwoo Yong-nyeo (born Jung Yong-rye, 1945), South Korean actressSunwoo Hwi (1922–1986), South Korean writerSunwoo Eun-sook (born 1959), South Korean actressSunwoo Jae-duk (born 1962), South Korean actorSunwoo Sun (born Jung Yoo-jin, 1975), South Korean actressSonu Kyong-sun (born 1983), North Korean football defenderAs a given name, the meaning of Sunwoo differs based on the hanja used to write the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "sun" 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 given name include:
Jang Sun-woo (born 1952), South Korean male actor and directorKim Seon-wu (born 1970), South Korean female poetSun-woo Kim (born 1977), South Korean male baseball pitcher (Korea Baseball Organization)Kim Sun-woo (footballer born 1983), South Korean male football forward (K-League Classic)Lee Seon-woo (born 1985), South Korean male professional fighting games playerKim Sun-woo (footballer born 1986), South Korean male football midfielder (K-League Challenge)Baro (singer) (born Cha Sun-woo, 1992), South Korean male singerKim Sun-Woo (footballer, born 1993), South Korean male football midfielder (K-League Classic)Kim Sun-woo (modern pentathlete) (born 1996), South Korean female modern pentathleteSun Woo Lee, South Korean businessman, former Samsung CEOFictional characters with this given name include:
Jung Sun-woo, in 2013 South Korean television series MonstarKim Sun-woo, in 2005 South Korean film A Bittersweet LifeKim Sun-woo, in 2011 South Korean television series PoseidonKim Sun-woo, in 2012 South Korean television series Man from the EquatorPark Sun-woo, in 2013 South Korean television series Nine: Nine Time Travels