What does 주원 mean?
4,823 mechanical Hanja combinations exist across the current legal reading sets for these syllables. That does not prove every combination is attested, natural or intended.
Korean given name
주원 Ju-won
The Hangul spelling identifies the observed name form. Romanization is a navigation aid. A full-name meaning depends on the Hanja actually chosen, so compatible character meanings stay separate instead of being collapsed into one translation.
Meaning boundary
주원 does not have one reliable English meaning without a specific Hanja spelling. The choices below are character-level evidence and compatible readings, not a claim about any individual person’s actual spelling or intended meaning.
元first; dollar; origin; head冤grievance, injustice, wrong原source, origin, beginning員member; personnel, staff member園garden; park, orchard圓circle; round, circular; complete垣low wall婉amiable, congenial; restrained媛beauty, beautiful woman嫄an ancient emperor's mother's name, Qiang Yuan, consort to Gu寃grievance, injustice, wrong怨hatred, enmity, resentment
Usage history
주원 in Korean Supreme Court name statistics
The national series records published ranked-name observations; absence from a year is not treated as zero registrations.
Name questions
Meaning, gender and popularity for 주원
Is 주원 a boy or girl name?
The stored evidence currently labels this name male. Observed evidence: 28,088 male and 0 female registrations in stored national Top-20 rows.
How popular is 주원?
2011 is the first year this name appears in the stored national Court ranked-name evidence. Its highest stored national yearly is 2,794 in 2011. Among the two most recent consecutive observed years, the count was lower in 2026 (958 vs 1,118, 14.3% lower). This describes only the published national top-name series.
How is 주원 romanized?
Navigation romanization: Ju-won · Juwon · Ju won. Romanization can vary by convention and personal preference.
Related Korean names
Names like 주원 (Ju-won)
These are evidence-backed discovery links based on spelling position or stored usage category. They do not imply the same Hanja, meaning, family relationship or pronunciation preference.
Same ending syllable
Same usage category
서준 · SeojunSame stored gender evidence label민준 · MinjunSame stored gender evidence label도윤 · DoyunSame stored gender evidence label시우 · SiuSame stored gender evidence label예준 · YejunSame stored gender evidence label지호 · JihoSame stored gender evidence label하준 · HajunSame stored gender evidence label도현 · DohyeonSame stored gender evidence label준우 · JunuSame stored gender evidence label선우 · SeonuSame stored gender evidence label지후 · JihuSame stored gender evidence label건우 · GeonuSame stored gender evidence label우진 · UjinSame stored gender evidence label준서 · JunseoSame stored gender evidence label현우 · HyeonuSame stored gender evidence label지훈 · JihunSame stored gender evidence label