Dong-hyun

Dong-hyun, also spelled Dong-hyeon, is a Korean masculine given name. It has been a popular name for a few decades. In 1980, Dong-hyun was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea, while in 1990 it came in ninth place.[1] In the early 2000s it rose even higher in popularity, but then fell back down again.[2] In 2008, 1,571 South Korean baby boys were given the name "Dong-hyun", making it the tenth-most popular name.[2]

Dong-hyun
Hangul
동현
Hanja
東賢, 東鉉, 東炫, 東泫, 洞眩, and others
Revised RomanizationDong-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerTonghyŏn

Hanja

The meaning of the name Dong-hyun differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are eight hanja with the reading "dong" and seven hanja with the reading "hyun" among the Basic Hanja for educational use, and another 25 with the reading "dong" and 36 with the reading "hyun" in the Table of Hanja for Personal Name Use as of December 2018.[3]

People

People with this name include:

Entertainers
  • Shin Dong-hyun (born 1979), stage name MC Mong, South Korean hip hop artist
  • Kim Dong-hyun (born 1989), South Korean singer, lead singer of Boyfriend
  • Seo Dong-hyeon (born 1991), stage name Samuel Seo, musician
  • Kim Dong-hyeon (born 1994), stage name Gong Myung, South Korean actor and singer, member of 5urprise
  • Kim Dong-hyeon (born 1998), stage name MC Gree, South Korean rapper and actor
  • Kim Dong-hyun (born 1998), South Korean singer, member of MXM and AB6IX
  • Kim Dong-hyun (born 1999), South Korean singer, member of Golden Child

Footballers

Other sportspeople

Other

See also

References
  1. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  3. 인명용추가한자표(人名用追加漢字表). South Korea: Ministry of Government Legislation. 4 December 2018. pp. 6, 26. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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