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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.
| Hangul | Hanja | Romanised | Meaning | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 연 | 娟 | yeon | graceful, beautiful | ⛰️ 土 Earth |
| 우 | 優 | u | excellent, graceful | 🔥 火 Fire |
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.
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.