Do-yeon

Do-yeon
Hangul
도연
Hanja
渡然, 度妍, 度演, and others
Revised RomanizationDo-yeon
McCune–ReischauerToyŏn

Do-yeon is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 44 hanja with the reading "do" and 39 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the South Korean government's list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

  • Kim Do-yeon (politician) (1894–1967), Korean male independence activist, later a South Korean politician
  • Jeon Do-yeon (born 1973), South Korean actress
  • Jang Do-yeon (born 1985), South Korean comedienne
  • Kim Do-yeon (footballer) (born 1988), South Korean female footballer
  • Hwang Do-yeon (born 1991), South Korean male footballer
  • Kim Do-yeon (singer) (born 1999), South Korean female singer, member of Weki Meki

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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