Yeon (Korean given name)

Yeon, also spelled Yon, or Yun is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 56 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

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