Soo-yeon

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.^[1]

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
• Ji Su-yeon (born 1997), South Korean female singer, member of Weki Meki

Sportspeople

• Kang Soo-yun (born 1976), South Korean female golfer
• Kim Soo-yeon (born 1983), South Korean male footballer
• Kim Soo-yun (born 1983), South Korean female footballer
• Soo Yeon Lee (born 1984), South Korean female table tennis player and model
• Back Su-yeon (born 1991), South Korean female swimmer
• Jo Su-yeon (born 1994), South Korean female handball player
• Kim Su-yeon (born 2001), South Korean female pair skater
• Eom Su-yeon (born 2001), South Korean female ice hockey player

Others

• Won Soo-yeon (born 1961), South Korean female manhwa artist
• Oh Soo-yeon (novelist) (born 1964), South Korean female novelist
• Lea Seong (born Seong Su-yeon, 1989), South Korean fashion designer

Fictional characters

• 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

See also

• List of Korean given names

References