What is "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.

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Cha Soo-yeon (born 1961), South Korean actress
• Kang Soo-yeon (born 1966), South Korean actress
• Oh Soo-yeon (born 1968), South Korean television screen writer
• Hong Su-yeon (born 1979), stage name Chunja (singer), South Korean singer
• Han Soo-yeon (born 1983), South Korean actress
• Jessica Jung (Korean name: Jung Soo-yeon) (born 1989), American female singer based in South Korea, former member of Girls' Generation

Sportspeople

• Kang Soo-yun (born 1976), South Korean female golfer
• Kim Soo-Yeon (born 1983), South Korean male footballer
• Back Su-Yeon (born 1991), South Korean female swimmer

Others

• Won Soo-yeon (born 1961), South Korean female manhwa artist
• Oh Soo-yeon (novelist) (born 1964), South Korean female novelist

Fictional characters with this name include:

• 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