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'''Kun-woo''', also spelled '''Keon-woo''' or '''Gun-woo''', is a Korean masculine given name. It was the sixth-most popular name for baby boys born in [[South Korea]] in 2008, with 1,722 being given the name.<ref name="HankookIlbo">{{cite news|url=http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200901/h2009012802484321950.htm|author=이진희 (Yi Jin-hui)|title=너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야|work=[[Hankook Ilbo]]|date=2009-01-28|accessdate=2012-10-27}}</ref> The meaning differs based on the [[hanja]] used to write the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "[[Gun (Korean name)|kun]]" and 42 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|title=인명용 한자표|trans_title=Table of hanja for use in personal names|publisher=Supreme Court|publication-place=South Korea|accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref>

People with this name include:
*[[Kun-Woo Paik]] (born 1946), South Korean pianist
*[[Kim Kun-woo]] (born 1980), South Korean track and field athlete
*[[Park Gun-woo]] (born 1981), South Korean Olympic sailing team member
*[[Cho Gun-woo]] (born 1988), South Korean badminton player
*[[Lee Gun-woo]] (born 1989), member of South Korean band [[My Name (band)|My Name]]
*[[Park Keon-woo]] (born 1991), South Korean track cyclist

Fictional characters with this name include:
*Kang Gun-woo, in 2008 South Korean television series ''[[Beethoven Virus]]''
*Min Gun-woo, in 2008 South Korean television series ''[[Temptation of Wife]]''


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