Entry № 4911 · Korean origin

Jiwoo Jiwoo — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JEE-woo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Intelligent universe"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "intelligent universe".

Jiwoo (지우) is a Korean name combining ji (wisdom, intelligence) and woo (universe, abundance). Used as a feminine name in modern Korea, also occasionally masculine.

Jiwoo is widely used in Korea.

Wise universe. The Korean modern grace.

The name in its native script.

지우
Transliteration
Ji-woo
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒiː.wuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jiwoo stands.

Jiwoo does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Jiwoos before her.

Real people
Jiwoo
Common modern Korean name.
In fiction
Jiwoo
Common in K-dramas.

Names connected to Jiwoo.

The number behind Jiwoo.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jiwoo reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.