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Yeon, also spelled Yon, or Yun is a single-syllable
Korean given name A Korean name (Hangul: ; Hanja: ) consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ''ireum'' or ''seongmyeong'' usually refers to the family name (''seon ...
, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
used to write it. There are 56 hanja with the reading "''yeon''" on the
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
n government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.


As a name element


First syllable

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Yeon-hee Yeon-hee, also spelled Yun-hee or Yon-hui, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 31 hanja with the reading "yeon" and 24 hanja with the reading " hee" on the Sout ...
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Yeon-seok Yeon-seok, also spelled Yun-suk, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 39 hanja with the reading "Yeon (Korean given name), yeon" and 20 hanja with the reading "Seok ( ...
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Yeon-woo Lee Da-bin (born August 1, 1996), better known by her stage name Yeonwoo, is a South Korean singer and actress managed by 9ato Entertainment. She is best known as a former member of the girl group Momoland. Yeonwoo has acted in television dram ...
* Yeon-ah * Yeon-jun


Second syllable

* Bo-yeon *
Chae-yeon Chae-yeon also spelled Chae-yun or Chae-yon is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading " chae" and 56 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the So ...
* Do-yeon *
Ji-yeon "Ji Yeon" (; from Korean 지연 ) is the seventh episode of the American Broadcasting Company's fourth season of ''Lost'' and 79th episode overall. The episode was written by co-executive producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, and directed b ...
, 7th place in 1980. *
Mi-yeon Mi-yeon, also spelled Mi-youn or Mi-yeun, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja , regulations of the Supreme Court of Korea permit the following 44 hanja with the r ...
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Se-yeon Se-yeon is a Korean unisex given name. People with this name include: *Choi Se-yeon (born 1977), stage name Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress *Jin Se-yeon (born 1994), South Korean actress *Kim Se-yeon (born 1999), better known as Geguri, Sou ...
* Seo-yeon, 1st place in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013. 2nd place in 2015. 3rd place in 2017.
List of the most popular given names in South Korea A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
 * Seung-yeon *
Si-yeon Si-yeon, also spelled Shi-yeon, or Si-yun, Shi-yun, Si-yon, Shi-yon, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "'' shi''" and 56 hanja with ...
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So-yeon So-yeon, also spelled So-youn or So-yun, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 45 hanja with the reading " so" and 39 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the South ...
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Soo-yeon Soo-yeon, also spelled Su-yeon or Soo-yun, is a Korean unisex given name, primarily feminine. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading " soo" and 39 hanja with the reading ...
* Tae-yeon * Na-yeon


See also

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List of Korean given names This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...


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