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.

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.

Famous people named 온유

• Onew (Lee Jin-ki, SHINee)