Hyun (Korean name)

Hyun
Hangul
Hanja

Family/given:

  • : "profound"

Given name only:

Revised Romanization Hyeon
McCune–Reischauer Hyŏn

Hyun, also spelled Hyeon, Hyon, or Hyoun, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and a popular element in many two-syllable Korean given names.

As a family name

The family name Hyun is written with only one hanja (). The 2000 South Korean Census found 81,807 people with this family name.[1] They trace their origins to three bon-gwan. One of these, Anju, South Pyongan, is located in what is today North Korea. The other two, Seongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, are both located in what is today South Korea.[2]

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.[3]

People with the family name Hyun include:

In given names

Hanja

There are 35 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; some common ones are listed in the table above.[4]

People

People with the single-syllable given name Hyun include:

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:[5]

Newborn boys

Newborn girls

Other given names with this element include:

First syllable

 

Second syllable

See also

References

  1. "성씨인구분포데이터 (Surname population and distribution data)". South Korea: National Statistics Office. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  2. "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean surnames]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  3. 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  6. 1 2 3 4 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  7. 1 2 "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  8. 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
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