Hye (Korean name) explained

Hye
Pronunciation:	^[1]
Meaning:	惠(hye) meaning "love, grace, benefit, mercy, gentle, kindness, virtue, bright, wise, intelligent, beautiful" or other Hanja's meaning.
Origin:	Korean
Alternative Spelling:	hae

Hangul:	혜
Hanja:	, and others
Mr:	Hye
Rr:	Hye
Koreanipa:	[hje]

Hye (Korean:혜) is an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.^[2] It is especially used a lot in female names in Korea. There are 25 Hanja with the reading "hye"^[3] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names, and Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it, but mostly "惠" or "慧" is used as the hanja for "hye", and "惠" is used overwhelmingly because "惠" is used as a substitute for "慧" in most chinese character culture areas.

Meanwhile, In Korea's Sejong Annals of Geography, the name Hye(嵇) is recorded as the Surname of Yeongam-gun, Jeolla-do. Currently, the Surname "Hye" is not counted, so there is a possibility that it was transformed into a name such as "Hae".^[4]

Single syllable

People

• Hye of Baekje (died 599), 28th King of Baekje

First syllable

• Hye-bin
• Hye-in
• Hye-jin
• Hye-ju
• Hye-jung
• Hye-kyung
• Hye-mi
• Hye-min
• Hye-rim
• Hye-rin
• Hye-shin
• Hye-su
• Hye-sun
• Hye-sung
• Hye-won
• Hye-young

Second syllable

• Da-hye
• Eun-hye
• In-hye
• Jeong-hye
• Ji-hye
• Ju-hye
• Kyung-hye
• Min-hye
• Seong-hye
• Seung-hye
• Shin-hye
• So-hye
• Su-hye
• Sun-hye
• Young-hye
• Yun-hye

People

• Queen Sinhye, first wife of King Taejo of Goryeo
• Queen Uihye, mother of King Taejo, founder and first ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea
• Princess Gyeonghye (born 1436), daughter of King Munjong of Joseon
• Queen Sohye (born 1437), only wife of Crown Prince Uigyeong and the queen mother of King Seongjong of Joseon
• Queen Gonghye (born 1456), first wife of King Seongjong of Joseon
• (born 1714), granddaughter of the Kangxi Emperor and daughter of King Yinxiang, Prince Yi
• Princess Yeonghye (born 1858), daughter of King Cheoljong of Joseon
• Princess Deokhye (born 1912), the last princess of Korea
• (born 1932), daughter of Princess Deokhye, the last princess of Korea

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. It's like the pronunciation of "h" plus the "ye" of "yes", and it is usually pronounced lightly as "heh" when connected to other words.
2. [List of Korean given names]
3. https://hanja.dict.naver.com/#/category/name 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "혜"
4. https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kda_40007002_002 조선왕조실록 국사편찬위원회 - 세종실록 151권, 지리지 전라도 나주목 영암군