Given name & surname
Soo
“having an excellent, long life”
Soo is used as a given name and a surname. One Korean interpretation is “having an excellent, long life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Korean interpretation is “having an excellent, long life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Korean.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Soo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 211
- 18 boys · 193 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,613 as a first name in 2020; 1,143 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Soo’s family of names
Soo has an alternative spelling in Sue. Soo has a related form in Sue.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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