Hyun (Korean name)

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Hyun
Pronunciation /hjʌn/
Origin
Word/name Korean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingHyeon, Hyon, Hyoun

As a given name

As name element

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]

Newborn boys
Newborn girls

Other given names containing this element include:

First syllable
Second syllable

People

People with the single-syllable given name Hyun include:

Entertainers

  • Joo Hyun (born Joo Il-choon, 1943), South Korean actor
  • Woo Hyun (born 1964), South Korean actor
  • Lee Hyun (born 1983), South Korean singer

Footballers

  • Cho Hyun (born 1974), South Korean midfielder (K-League)
  • Choi Hyun (born 1978), South Korean goalkeeper (K-League)
  • Yoo Hyun (born 1984), South Korean goalkeeper (K-League)
  • Park Hyun (born 1988), South Korean midfielder (K-League Challenge)
  • Kim Hyun (footballer) (born 1993), South Korean striker (K-League 2)

Other

  • Choe Hyon (1907–1982), North Korean general and politician
  • Yoon Hyun (born 1966), South Korean judo practitioner
  • Joh Hyun (born 1969), South Korean novelist
  • Jung Hyun (born 1994), South Korean baseball player
  • Chung Hyeon (born 1996), South Korean tennis player
  • Na Hyun, South Korean screenwriter and director

Fictional characters

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "현"
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  8. ↑ "성주현씨(星州玄氏)" [Seongju Hyeon clan]. Bucheon: Jokbo Library. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "경주현씨(慶州玄氏)" [Gyeongju Hyeon clan]. rootsinfo.co.kr. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "창원 현씨" [Changwon Hyeon clan]. Academy of Korean Studies, Digital Encyclopedia of Rural Korean Literature. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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