Soo-ah, also spelled Su-a, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 29 hanja with the reading "ah" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] It was the eighth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in the first nine months of 2017, with 1,416 out of 137,528 girls born during that period being given the name.[2]

Soo-ah
Hangul
수아
Hanja
(various)
Revised RomanizationSua
McCune–ReischauerSua
IPA[sʰua̠]

People with this name include:

  • Bae Suah (born 1965), South Korean writer
  • Su-a Lee (born 1970s), South Korean cellist
  • Hong Soo-ah (born 1986), South Korean actress
  • Park Soo-ah (born Park Soo-young, 1994), South Korean singer, former member of After School

Fictional characters with this name include:

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  2. ^ "자녀 이름 女'하윤'·男'도윤' 인기…개명 땐 서연·민준" [Names for children, girls 'Ha-yun' and boys 'Do-yun' popular ... for name changes, Seo-yeon and Min-jun]. News1. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2018.