Bo-yeon is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the

hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 18 hanja with the reading "bo" and 39 hanja with the reading "

yeon Yeon or less commonly Youn (연) is a Korean surname. The name may correspond to the Chinese surnames Yan (燕, 延) or Lian (連). The hanja 延 is much more common than 燕 and 連. Yeon may also refer to the extinct surname (淵). Origin � ...

" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: *

Kim Bo-yeon Kim Bo-yeon (; born December 31, 1957), birth name Kim Bok-soon (), is a South Korean actress. Career Kim Bo-yeon graduated from Anyang High School of Arts, and on the principal's recommendation, she was cast in her acting debut, the film ''A ...

(born 1957), South Korean actress *

Lee Si-eon Lee Si-eon (born Lee Bo-yeon on July 3, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his comic supporting role in the popular campus drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance ...

(born Lee Bo-yeon, 1982), South Korean actor

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{{given name Korean unisex given names

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