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Seo
Pronunciation /sʌ/
Gender Unisex
Origin
Word/name Korean
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the hanja used.
Other names
Alternative spellingSuh, Surh, Sur, Seoh, So, Su
Seo
Hangul
서
Hanja
徐, 瑞, 敍, 書, 緖, and others
Revised RomanizationSeo
McCune–ReischauerSŏ
IPA[sʌ]
Seo
Language(s) Japanese
Origin
Language(s) Japonic
MeaningDifferent meanings depending on the kanji used.
Other names
Related names Seno

Seo is a Korean surname and Japanese surname.

As a Korean surname, Seo is the most frequent romanization, but it may also be romanized as Suh, Surh, Sur, Seoh, So, Su, and Suhr. The surname most commonly represents the hanja 徐. Seo can also be used as a single-syllable Korean given name or an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. [1] The given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 53 hanja with the reading "seo" [2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. The Chinese surname Xú also uses the same 徐 character.

As a Japanese surname, Seo is pronounced in two syllables ("se-o") and most frequently written as 瀬 尾 and is shared by 23,000+ individuals in Japan. [3] [4] Historically, the Seo clan (瀬尾) was also one of the cadet branches of the Hata clan, an immigrant clan from the kingdom of Silla. The second most common Seo is written as 妹 尾 and is shared by 21,000+ individuals in Japan. [5] The remaining variants are used by less than 2,000 individuals each and are generally used by related families.

Possible Writings

Japanese

Korean surname

Art and entertainment

Film and television

Music

Visual arts

Sports

Football

Other

Japanese surname

Fictional characters

As a surname (Japan)
As a surname (South Korea)
  • Chairman Seo Byung-ki (서병기), a character in the South Korean TV drama Tracer
  • Seo Do-cheol (서도철), the main character of the South Korean movie Veteran and its sequel Veteran 2
  • Seo Hye-young (서혜영), one of the main characters of the South Korean TV drama Tracer
  • Seo Jang-yeob (서장엽), character in the South Korean TV drama Korean Peninsula
  • Seo Ji-seok (서지석), a character in the South Korean TV drama Angel's Revenge
  • Seo Jung-woo (서정우), one of the main characters of the South Korean TV drama My Girl
  • Seo Min-ki (서민기), the main character of the South Korean movie Happy End
  • Seo Myung-joon (서명준), the main character of the South Korean TV drama Korean Peninsula
  • Seo Yoo-ra (서유라), the main antagonist of the South Korean TV drama Gold Mask

See also

References

  1. ^ List of Korean given names
  2. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "서"
  3. ^ "【名字】瀬尾". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "読み方「せお」の検索結果". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "【名字】妹尾". myoji-yurai.net. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
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