Su-mi, also spelled Soo-mi, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "su" and 33 hanja with the reading "mi" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Su-mi
Hangul
수미
Hanja
, , and others
Revised RomanizationSu-mi
McCune–ReischauerSumi
IPA[sumi]

People with this name include:

  • Kim Soo-mi (born Kim Young-ok, 1951), South Korean actress
  • Sumi Jo (born 1962), South Korean lyric coloratura soprano
  • Sue Mi Terry (Korean name Kim Sue-mi, born c. 1972), American intelligence analyst
  • Sumi Hwang (born 1986), South Korean soprano
  • Lee Soo-mi (born 1989), South Korean singer, former member of SeeYa, F-ve Dolls, and Coed School
  • Shin Su-mi (fl. 2000s), pen name Shin Ji-sang, South Korean manhwa artist

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). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2018.