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Hangul
  
서연

McCune–Reischauer
  
Sŏyŏn

Revised Romanization
  
Seo-yeon

Seo-yeon is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 38 hanja with the reading "seo" 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. Seo-yeon was the most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 it was also the most popular new name for adult women changing their names from previous names such as those which they felt were too old-fashioned.

People with this name include:

  • Shim Seo-yeon (born 1989), South Korean football defender
  • Kim Seo-yeon (born 1992), South Korean beauty pageant contestant, Miss Korea 2014

    • Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Kim Seo-yeon, in 2009 South Korean television series Cain and Abel
  • Lee Seo-yeon, in 2011 South Korean television series A Thousand Days' Promise
  • Yang Seo-yeon, in 2012 South Korean film Architecture 101

    • References

    Seo-yeon Wikipedia
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