Yeonwoo (연우): Korean name meaning

Meaning of 연우

연우 (Yeon-Woo) means “graceful, beautiful · excellent, graceful” when written 娟優. It is one of the most popular names for babies born in Korea in the 2020s. Its characters carry the elements 土 Earth, 火 Fire, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

About the name

연우 is genuinely unisex: 娟優 (graceful, excellent) for girls, 延優 (extending, excellent) for boys. Both spellings were common in the 2010s and 2020s.

Other hanja spellings

• 연 can also be written 延 (to extend), 蓮 (lotus), 淵 (deep pool), 妍 (lovely)
• 우 can also be written 宇 (universe, house), 佑 (divine help), 雨 (rain)

How to pronounce 연우

Revised Romanisation: yeonu (yeon-u). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Yeon-Woo. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.