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.
People with this name include:
Entertainers
Kang Soo-yeon (born 1966), South Korean actress
Oh Soo-yeon (born 1968), South Korean female television screenwriter
Chunja (singer) (born Hong Su-yeon, 1979), South Korean female singer
Cha Soo-yeon (born 1981), South Korean actress
Han Soo-yeon (born Lee Mae-ri, 1983), South Korean actress
Jessica Jung (Korean name Jung Soo-yeon, born 1989), American female singer in South Korea
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
Jo Su-yeon (born 1994), South Korean female handball player
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
