Soo-yeon
| Soo-yeon | |
| Hangul | 수연 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 受延, 水連, 秀妍, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Su-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Suyŏn |
Soo-yeon, also spelled Su-yeon or Soo-yun, is a Korean unisex given name, primarily feminine. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 39 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People with this name include:
- Entertainers
- Cha Soo-yeon (born 1961), South Korean actress
- Kang Soo-yeon (born 1966), South Korean actress
- Oh Soo-yeon (born 1968), South Korean television screen writer
- Hong Su-yeon (born 1979), stage name Chunja (singer), South Korean singer
- Han Soo-yeon (born 1983), South Korean actress
- Jessica Jung (Korean name: Jung Soo-yeon) (born 1989), American female singer based in South Korea, former member of Girls' Generation
- Sportspeople
- Kang Soo-yun (born 1976), South Korean female golfer
- Kim Soo-Yeon (born 1983), South Korean male footballer
- Back Su-Yeon (born 1991), South Korean female swimmer
- Others
- Won Soo-yeon (born 1961), South Korean female manhwa artist
- Oh Soo-yeon (novelist) (born 1964), South Korean female novelist
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Bae Su-yeon, in 2003 South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters
- Ji Soo-yeon, in 2013 South Korean television series Iris II: New Generation
- Lee Soo-yeon, in 2012 South Korean television series Missing You
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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