Hyun (Korean name)
| Hyun | |
| Hangul | 현 |
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| 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 (玄). 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:
- Hyun Jae-myung (1902–1960), South Korean composer
- Hyun Soong-jong (born 1919), South Korean politician
- Hyon Chol-hae (born 1934), North Korean general
- Hyon Yong-chol (born c. 1940s), North Korean general
- Hyun Kil-Un (born 1940), South Korean writer
- Hyun Ki-young (born 1941), South Korean author
- Hyun Jae-Hyun (born 1949), South Korean businessman
- Hyun In-taek (born 1954), South Korean politician
- Hyeon Taeghwan (born 1964), South Korean scientist
- Hyun Jung-hwa (born 1969), South Korean table tennis player
- Insoo Hyun (born c. 1970), Korean American bioethics professor
- Hyun Sook-Hee (born 1973), South Korean judo practitioner
- Martin Hyun (born 1979), German ice hockey player and writer
- Hyun Woo-sung (born 1979), South Korean actor
- Hyun Young-Min (born 1979), South Korean football player
- Hyon Song-wol (born 1983), North Korean pop singer
- Hyun Jyu-ni (born 1985), South Korean actress
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:
- Joo Hyun (born 1941), South Korean actor
- Yoon Hyun (born 1966), South Korean judo practitioner
- Choi Hyun (born 1978), South Korean football player
- Yoo Hyun (born 1984), South Korean football player
- Park Hyun (born 1988), South Korean football player
- Kim Hyun (born 1993), South Korean football player
- Chung Hyeon (born 1996), South Korean tennis player
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]
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Other given names with this element include:
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See also
References
- ↑ "성씨인구분포데이터 (Surname population and distribution data)". South Korea: National Statistics Office. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean surnames]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- 1 2 3 4 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- 1 2 "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ↑ 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Retrieved 2013-10-22.