List of the most popular given names in South Korea
Common spelling MR RR Hangul Number
Seo-yeon Sŏyŏn Seo-yeon 서연 3,270
Min-seo Minsŏ Min-seo 민서 2,881
Ji-min Chimin Ji-min 지민 2,792
Seo-hyeon Sŏhyŏn Seo-hyeon 서현 2,625
Seo-yun Sŏyun Seo-yun 서윤 2,514
Ye-eun Ye'ŭn Ye-eun 예은 2,323
Ha-eun Ha'ŭn Ha-eun 하은 2,109
Ji-woo Chi ' u Ji-u 지우 2,107
Su-bin Subin Su-bin 수빈 2,069
Yun-seo Yunsŏ Yun-seo 윤서 1,980
2008
Boys [ 7 ] Commonspelling MR RR Hangul Number Min-jun Minjun Min-jun 민준 2,641 Ji-hoon Chihun Ji-hun 지훈 2,185 Hyun-woo Hyŏnu Hyeon-u 현우 1,943 Jun-seo Chunsŏ Jun-seo 준서 1,908 Woo-jin Ujin U-jin 우진 1,811 Kun-woo Kŏnu Geon-u 건우 1,722 Ye-jun Yejun Ye-jun 예준 1,704 Hyun-jun Hyŏnjun Hyeon-jun 현준 1,636 Do-hyun Tohyŏn Do-hyeon 도현 1,572 Dong-hyun Tong-hyŏn Dong-hyeon 동현 1,571
This is a list of the most popular given names in South Korea, by birth year and gender for various years in which data is available. Aside from newborns being given newly popular names, many adults change their names as well, some in order to cast off birth names they feel are old-fashioned. Between 2000 and 2010, a total of 844,615 people (about 1 in every 60 South Koreans) applied to change their names; 730,277 were approved. In 2010, 552 men changed their name to Min-jun, and 1,401 women changed their name to Seo-yeon.