Pronunciation | /hjʌn/ |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Hyeon, Hyon, Hyoun |
Hyun | |
Hangul | 현 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Hyŏn |
IPA | [hjʌn] |
Hyun,also spelled Hyeon or Hyon,Hyoun,is a Korean surname,a single-syllable Korean given name,and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. [1] As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" [2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
The family name Hyun is written with only one hanja (玄;검을현geomeul hyeon) meaning "dark" or "mysterious". The 2000 South Korean Census found 81,807 people and 25,547 households with this family name. [3] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports,it was found that 80.5% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Hyun in their passports. Another 14.9% spelled it as Hyeon,and 2.2% as Hyoun. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included Heon and Hyean. [4]
The surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineage,not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members) as of 2000 included:
People with the surname Hyun include:
Many names containing this syllable have been popular for newborn children in South Korea, for newborn girls in the 1950s through the 1990s, and for newborn boys from the 1980s up through the 2010s: [11]
Other given names containing this element include:
People with the single-syllable given name Hyun include:
Kwak is a Korean surname.
Hwang or Whang is a Korean family name. Today, Hwangs comprise approximately 1.4% of the Korean population. The South Korean census in the year 2000 found that there were 644,294 Hwangs with over 68 Bon-gwan family clans, making it the 16th most common last name in the country. Also, it is estimated that there are over 29,410,000 individuals whose last names are the variations of Huang, including the Korean Hwang and the Vietnamese Hoang around the world. The Chinese character, or Hanja, for Hwang indicates "yellow" or “Huang Kingdom”.
Ko, also variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean surname.
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Chae (Korean: 채), also less commonly spelled Chai or Chea, is a Korean family name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Ju, also spelled Joo or Chu, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Hyun-woo, also spelled Hyeon-woo, or Hyeon-wu, Hyon-woo, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 60 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Hyun-woo has been a popular name for baby boys in South Korea for more than two decades, coming in third place in 1988 and fourth place in 1998. In 2008, a total of 1,943 baby boys were given this name, making it the third-most popular name that year.
Hyun-jun, also spelled Hyun-joon, Hyeon-jun, Hyeon-joon, Hyon-jun, or Hyon-joon, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 43 hanja with the reading "joon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It previously ranked as the eighth-most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea, with 1,636 being given the name in 2008 and 1,681 in 2009.
Hyun-jung, also spelled Hyun-jeong, or Hyeon-jung, Hyeon-jeong, Hyun-jong, Hyon-jong, Hyon-jeong is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 84 hanja with the reading "jung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Hyun-jung was the second-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1970, falling to tenth place by 1980.
Hyun-joo, also spelled Hyun-ju, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 55 hanja with the reading "joo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Hyun-joo was the fourth-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1970.
Hyun-sook, also spelled Hyon-suk or Hyeon-sook, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 13 hanja with the reading "sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Hyun-sook was the sixth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950, falling to eighth place by 1960.
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Ok, sometimes spelled Oak or Ock, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. It is usually written with a hanja meaning "jade".
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