So-yeon

Not to be confused with Soo-yeon or Seo-yeon, which are also Korean given names.

So-yeon, also spelled So-youn or So-yun, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 45 hanja with the reading "so" 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:

So-yeon
Hangul	소연
Hanja	小娟, 素姸, 昭宴, and others
Revised Romanization	So-yeon
McCune–Reischauer	Soyŏn
IPA	[sojʌn]

Entertainers

• Kim Ga-yeon (born Kim So-yeon, 1972), South Korean actress
• Kim So-yeon (born 1980), South Korean actress
• Lee So-yeon (actress) (born 1983), South Korean actress
• Park So-yeon (singer) (born 1987), South Korean singer, member of girl group T-ara
• Jeong So-yeon (born 1994), South Korean singer, member of girl groups Laboum and WSG Wannabe
• Soyeon (born Jeon So-yeon, 1998), South Korean rapper and record producer, member of girl group (G)I-dle

Sportspeople

• Lee So-yeon (judoka) (born 1981), South Korean judo practitioner
• Kim So-yeon (badminton) (born 1982), South Korean badminton player
• Ryu So-yeon (born 1990), South Korean golfer
• Ji So-yun (born 1991), South Korean footballer
• Lee So-yeon (speed skater) (born 1993), South Korean speed skater
• Han So-yeon (born 1995), South Korean badminton player
• Park So-youn (figure skater) (born 1997), South Korean figure skater

Other

• Kim So-yeon (writer) (born 1967), South Korean poet
• Kim So-yeon (activist) (born 1970), South Korean trade unionist
• Yi So-yeon (born 1978), South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist
• Soyeon Kate Lee (born 1979), South Korean-born American pianist
• Soyeon Jeong (born 1983), South Korean science fiction writer

See also

• List of Korean given names