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A-yeon아연

A-yeon brings together “elegant” and “graceful.” Like your name, you are someone who lives with elegance and moves through life with grace.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
雅娟雅 ‘elegant’ + 娟 ‘graceful’
雅(맑을 아) + 娟(예쁠 연)
雅姸雅 ‘elegant’ + 姸 ‘lovely’
雅(맑을 아) + 姸(고울 연)
娥娟娥 ‘beautiful’ + 娟 ‘graceful’
娥(예쁠 아) + 娟(예쁠 연)
娥姸娥 ‘beautiful’ + 姸 ‘lovely’
娥(예쁠 아) + 姸(고울 연)
雅延雅 ‘elegant’ + 延 ‘to extend’
雅(맑을 아) + 延(늘일 연)
娥延娥 ‘beautiful’ + 延 ‘to extend’
娥(예쁠 아) + 延(늘일 연)

Who it's given to

A-yeon is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: A-yeon. Say it like ah-yun.

아ㅇ + ㅏ
연ㅇ + ㅕ + ㄴ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

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