Sang-woo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sang-woo

What is the meaning of the name Sang-woo ?

The baby name Sang-woo is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAHNG-woo.

Sang-woo is Chinese, Korean in Origin.

Sang-woo is a Korean masculine given name written 상우 in hangul; Revised Romanization is Sang-u, and Sang-woo is a common personal-name spelling. The root layer is Sino-Korean hanja read in Korean, not an inherited native compound, so the sound has no single meaning. Earliest recoverable form: 상우. 상 may be 相 mutual, 尚 esteem, 上 above, 常 constant, or 祥 auspicious; 우 may be 宇 house/universe, 佑 or 祐 help, 優 excellent, 友 friend, or 雨 rain.

The name is mainly South Korean and diaspora usage, with Sang-u in official romanization and Sang-woo frequent in passports, media credits, and English-language contexts. Public bearers include actor Kwon Sang-woo, actor Lee Sang-woo, singer Roy Kim, born Kim Sang-woo, and athletes in football, volleyball, and baseball. It has no fixed religious association; family hanja choice supplies semantic and sometimes generational significance.

⚙ Sang-woo is about as rare as a name gets. In all, it appears just 3 times, across 2 countries.