Hyun (Korean name)

Hyun

Pronunciation	/hjʌn/
Origin
Word/name	Korean
Meaning	Different depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spelling	Hyeon, Hyon, Hyoun

Newborn boys

• Hyun-jun (8th place in 2008 and 2009) ^{[12] [13]}
• Hyun-woo (5th place in 1980, 2nd place in 1990, 3rd place in 2008, 5th place in 2009) ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• Do-hyun (9th place in 2008, 10th place in 2011) ^{[12] [14]}
• Dong-hyun (8th place in 1980, 9th place in 1990, 10th place in 2008) ^{[11] [12]}
• Seung-hyun (10th place in 1990) ^[11]
• Sung-hyun (4th place in 1990) ^[11]

Newborn girls

• Hyun-joo (4th place in 1970) ^[11]
• Hyun-jung (2nd place in 1970, 8th place in 1980) ^[11]
• Hyun-sook (6th place in 1950, 8th place in 1960 ^[11]
• Ji-hyun (9th place in 1990) ^[11]

Other given names containing this element include:

First syllable

• Hyun-a
• Hyun-hee
• Hyun-jin
• Hyun-kyung
• Hyun-mi
• Hyun-seok
• Hyun-sik
• Hyun-soo
• Hyun-tae
• Hyun-woo
• Hyun-wook

Second syllable

• Dae-hyun
• Jae-hyun
• Joo-hyun
• Jung-hyun
• Kwang-hyun
• Sang-hyun
• Seo-hyun
• Si-hyun
• Soo-hyun
• Tae-hyun

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

• Guido-Hyun, a protagonist from The Haunted House animated series
• Cho Hyun-ju a character in Squid Game

See also

• List of Korean family names
• List of Korean given names

References

1. List of Korean given names
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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.
11. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
12. 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo . Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
13. "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
14. 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.

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