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- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ↑ "2015 신생아 인기 이름… 男 '민준'-女 2년째 '서윤'". Money Today. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ↑ "자녀 이름 女'하윤'·男'도윤' 인기…개명 땐 서연·민준" [Names for children, girls 'Ha-yun' and boys 'Do-yun' popular ... for name changes, Seo-yeon and Min-jun]. News1. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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