Ye-eun (name) explained

Ye-eun
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	Different depending on Hanja
Origin:	Korean
Alternative Spelling:	Ye-un

Hangul:	예은
Hanja:	,,, and others
Rr:	Ye-eun
Mr:	Yeŭn
Koreanipa:	[jɛɯn]

Ye-eun, also spelled Ye-un, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 55 hanja with the reading "ye"^[1] and 30 hanja with the reading "eun"^[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It was the sixth most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 2008, and ranked ninth in 2009.^{[3] [4]}

People

People with this name include:

• Park Ye-eun (born 1989), South Korean singer
• Park Ye-eun (ice hockey) (born 1996), South Korean ice hockey player
• Kim Ye-eun (born 1996), South Korean actress
• Jang Ye-eun (born 1998), South Korean rapper, member of girl group CLC
• Shin Ye-eun (born 1998), South Korean actress

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%98%88&idx=7 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "예"
2. https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%9D%80&idx=7 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "은"
3. News: 너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야. Lee Jin-hee. Hankook Ilbo. January 28, 2009. July 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20101009022418/http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200901/h2009012802484321950.htm. October 9, 2010.
4. News: 남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아 . Law Times . January 20, 2010 . July 23, 2016. Ryu In-ha.