Yeon, also spelled Yon, or Yun is a single-syllable

Korean given name Korean names are names that place their origin in, or are used in, Korea. A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a given name, with no middle names. A number of Korean terms for names exist. For full names, ...

, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its 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 it. There are 56 hanja with the reading "''yeon''" on the

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n government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

As a name element

First syllable

* Yeon-hee * Yeon-seok * Yeon-woo * Yeon-ah * Yeon-jun

Second syllable

* Bo-yeon * Chae-yeon * Do-yeon * Ho-Yeon * Ji-yeon, 7th place in 1980. * Ju-yeon * Mi-yeon * Se-yeon * Seo-yeon, 1st place in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013. 2nd place in 2015. 3rd place in 2017.

List of the most popular given names in South Korea This is a list of the most popular given names in South Korea, by birth year and gender for various years in which data is available. Aside from newborns being given newly popular names, many adults change their names as well, some in order to cas ...

* Seung-yeon * Si-yeon * So-yeon * Soo-yeon * Tae-yeon * Na-yeon

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As a name element

First syllable

Second syllable

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