name
Korean
Jisoo
JEE-soo
ˈdʒiːsuːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Jisoo
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Korean
- Meaning
- a popular Korean feminine name — written with various hanja combinations — most commonly using characters meaning wisdom (지 Ji) and excellence or outstanding quality (수 Su), giving the meaning one of outstanding wisdom or wise and excellent; the name was brought to global recognition by Kim Jisoo, a member of the South Korean girl group BLACKPINK, whose international success from 2016 onward made this name familiar to audiences worldwide across Asia, the Americas, Europe, and beyond; in Korean naming practice the hanja — Chinese characters — underlying a name determine its meaning, and the same phonological form can carry very different meanings depending on which characters the parents choose; Jisoo/Jisu is among the most popular Korean feminine names of the 2000s and 2010s generations
- Gender
- female
- Also spelled
- Jisu, Ji-su, Ji-soo
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