온유

Onyu (온유): Korean name meaning

溫柔

Pronounced On-Yu / onyu · unisex name · a pure-Korean (native, non-hanja) name that became fashionable from the 1990s on

Meaning of 온유

온유 (On-Yu) means “warm · gentle, soft” when written 溫柔. It is a pure-Korean (native, non-hanja) name that became fashionable from the 1990s on. Its characters carry the elements 水 Water, 木 Wood, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

Hangul	Hanja	Romanised	Meaning	Element
온	溫	on	warm	💧 水 Water
유	柔	yu	gentle, soft	🌿 木 Wood

Other hanja spellings

온 can also be written 穩 (stable)
유 can also be written 裕 (abundance), 瑜 (flawless jade), 侑 (to help), 維 (to hold together)

How to pronounce 온유

Revised Romanisation: onyu (on-yu). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: On-Yu. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.