Choi (Korean name)

Choi
Family name
Pronunciation	Ch'oe, Tchoi, Chye
Meaning	top, most
Region of origin	North and South Korea
Language(s) of origin	Korean
Related names	Cui

Choi
Hangul	최
Hanja	崔
Revised Romanization	Choe
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe

Choi (Korean: 최), sometimes also Choe, is a common Korean family name.

Cuī in China Mandarin dialect
Chui in Hong Kong Cantonese
Choi Korea dialect(other eng mark- Choe)
Tsui in Taiwan dialect

1 Origin
2 Clans
3 Etymology
4 List of people with the surname Choi
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Origin

In China:

Jiang (surname) of Lu clan from Jiang Ziya
- Cui Hao of Shandong and Jeonji, Chungju, etc clan of Korea
Hui people(回) surname Choi(崔)
Tujia (土等) surname Choi(崔)
Mongol(蒙) surname Choi(崔) of Yuan Dynasty
Xianbei surname Choi(崔)
Liaoning's Cuijia(崔佳), Cuimulo(崔穆鲁), Cuizhuke(崔珠克) clan reduce a surname to Choi(崔)
Jinyi(今彝:Kumyi) people surname Choi(崔)

In Korea:

Silla surname Choi(崔) from Sobuldori(蘇伐都利) of Sata(沙啄) clan
Tang Dynasty general Cui Sheng(崔陞) move from Bohai Bay, to Silla
Hwanghaedo Haeju people On(溫, Wen) got surname Choi(崔) from Goryeo King
- Choe Manri(崔萬里), Haeju Choi clan
Mahan(Baekje), Yeongam people Huon(昕, Xin) got a surname from Goryeo King
Choi Chang Seon change surname to Sun Wu(鮮于) at Korea under Japanese rule
Choi Jin-sil son take mother surname Choi, father surname is Cho(趙:Zhao)

Clans

There are roughly 160 clans of Chois. Most of these are quite small. However, Choi is the 4th most common surname in Korea. The largest by far is the Gyeongju Choi clan, with a 2000 South Korean population of 976,820. The Gyeongju Choe claim the Silla scholar Choe Chi-won as their founder.^[1]

Gyeongju clan^[1] - Choe Chiwon
Jeonju clan^[1] - Choe Bu
Dongju clan^[1]
Haeju clan^[1]
Saknyeong clan^[1] - Choe Hang, Choi Byung Ju (founding member modern era Korean Supreme Court)
Gangneung clan^[1]
Hwasun clan^[1]
Ganghwa clan^[1]
Yeongcheon clan^[1]
Tamjin clan^[1]
Ubong clan^[1] - Choe Hang
Suwaon clan^[1]
Yeongheung clan^[1]
Suseong clan^[1]
Chungju clan^[1]
Goesan clan - Choe Sejin^[2]
Heunghae clan
Yeongam clan

Etymology

Choi is written with the Hanja character 崔, meaning "a governor who oversees the land and the mountain". The surname Choi also means high, superior, lofty or mountain.

List of people with the surname Choi

Choe Chiwon, a scholar of the Silla period
Choe Chung-heon, military dictator of the Goryeo period
Choe Mu-seon, a 14th-century Korean inventor
Choe Manri, an early critic of hangul
Choe Sejin, a 15th-century linguist
Choe Nam-seon (1890-1957), Korean historian and independence activist
Choi Cheol-han, South Korean professional Go player
Choi Dong-Wook, Real name of Korean singer, Se7en.
Choi Daniel SeungWon, Syracuse Comedian
Choi Sung-Kuk
Choi Chol-Su, North Korean boxer
Choe Jennie, an Asian-American idealist and cultural entrepreneur from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Choi Eun-hee, South Korean actress once abducted to the North
Choi Eun-Kyung, South Korean speedskater
Choi Geesung, high-ranking Samsung executive
Choi Han, South Korean voice actor
Choi Han-bit, South Korean model
Choi Hee-seop, a South Korean baseball player
Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general considered the principal founder of taekwondo
Choi Hong-man, South Korean kickboxer
Choi Hwee-sung, birthname of South Korean RnB singer Wheesung
Choi Jane, Syracuse President of Fanclubs
Choi Jennie, 2005-2007 USA Women's Team Handball National Team and Iraq War Veteran
Choi Jonghoon, South Korean guitarist and leader of F.T. Island
Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
Choi Ji Woo (b. 1975), South Korean actress and model
Choi Jin-Cheul, a K-League footballer
Choi Jin-sil (1968-2008), a South Korean actress, nicknamed "The Nation's Actress"
Choe Jun (1884-1970), businessman and philanthropist
Choi Jung Won (b. 1981), South Korean actress and model
Choi Kwang Jo Creator of Choi Kwang Do
Choi Kyoung-hwan, a South Korean politician
Choi Kyung-Ju (b. 1970), professional golfer more commonly known in Western countries as K.J. Choi
Choi Kyu-hah (1919-2006), transitional President of South Korea following the assassination of Park Chung-hee
Choi Minho, member of South Korean boy band SHINee
Choi Minhwan, drummer and member of South Korean band F.T. Island
Choi Min-sik, North Korean actor
Choe Myong-ho, North Korean football player
Choi Myung-Hoon (b. 1975), South Korean professional Go player
Choi Sang Ki, South Korean voice actor
Choi Seong Woo, South Korean voice actor
Choi Seung Hyun, Real name of rapper from South Korean boy group Big Bang,stage name TOP
Choi Siwon, actor, model, and member of South Korean boy band, Super Junior
Choi Soo Jin, South Korean voice actor
Choi Sooyoung, member of South Korean girl group, Girls' Generation
Steven Choi, American politician
Sulli Choi, actress, and member of South Korean girl group, f(x)
Choi Sungmin, K-pop singer member of Co-Ed School
Choi Sung-Hee, K-pop singer known as "Bada."
Choi Sung-Kuk, K-League footballer
Choi Sung-Yong, K-League footballer
Choi Tae-Uk, J-League footballer
Choe U (d. 1249), military dictator of the Goryeo period
Choi Won Hyeong, South Korean voice actor
Choi Won-jong, Korean international archer
Choi Won-Kwon, K-league footballer
Choi Woo Hyuk, South Korean actor known as the young Junseo in k-drama Autumn in my heart
Choi Yang-il a.k.a. Yoichi Sai, film director
Choi Yeon-Sung, professional StarCraft player
Choe Yeong, military leader of late Goryeo
Choe Yeong-ui, founder of Kyokushin karate, better known as Masutatsu Oyama
Choi Yong-kun (1903-1972), high-ranking North Korean official
Choi Yong-Soo, J-League footballer
Choi Yong Sul, founder of hapkido
Choi Yoojin (Joanna), Syracuse Food Critic
David Choi, a Korean-American singer popular in Youtube
Gina Choi, Korean-Canadian K-pop singer known as G.NA
Choi Shin Lee
Choi Bae Kun, A member of the Lax Dance crew.
Viсtor Tsoi(Choi), a Soviet rock musician, leader of the band Kino
Anita Tsoi(Choi), a Russian pop singer

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "최 崔 [Choe]" (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=147691&contentno=147691. Retrieved 1009-09-18.
^ "최세진 崔世珍 [Choe Se-jin]" (in Korean). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=147691&contentno=147691. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

External links

Official site of the Gyeongju Choi Association, in Korean