The baby name Onew is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced OH-nyoo.
The baby name Onew is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced OH-nyoo.
Onew is Chinese, Korean in Origin.
Onew is a romanized form of Korean 온유, read on-yu in Revised Romanization. The word is Sino-Korean, with its earliest clear written form in the Chinese character compound 溫柔: 溫 is warm or mild, while 柔 denotes soft, yielding, or gentle. In Korean, 온유 names gentleness, mildness, or meekness, the composed quality implied by the two characters. The spelling Onew is not a standard transcription of 오늘 oneul, today; it represents 온유 through an English-facing stage-name spelling.
As a personal name, Onew is best known from South Korean singer and actor Lee Jin-ki, leader of SHINee, who adopted it professionally in the late 2000s. 온유 also appears in Korean Christian vocabulary for meekness or gentleness, giving the word a religious register without making the name specifically biblical. Standard romanizations include On-yu and Onyu; Onew remains tied chiefly to Korean popular culture and is rare in birth records outside Korea.
Onew is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Onew appears only 27 times in total — found in 13 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.
| Onew Onew is a South Korean singer and actor, best known as the leader of the popular boy group SHINee. He has also appeared in television dramas like 'Descendants of the Sun' and 'Singin' in the Rain'. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TW | 0 | #103 | 1 | 4,523 | |
| MY | 0 | #353 | 2 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #522 | 4 | 11,303 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 2 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Onew is popular in 13 countries — most recent births per country:
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