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Yeo-won여원
Yeo-won brings together “beautiful” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who is beautiful and is first in what you love.
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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 麗元 | 麗 ‘beautiful’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 麗(고울 려) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 麗媛 | 麗 ‘beautiful’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’ 麗(고울 려) + 媛(여자 원) |
| 麗源 | 麗 ‘beautiful’ + 源 ‘source’ 麗(고울 려) + 源(근원 원) |
| 女元 | 女 ‘girl’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 女(계집 녀) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 女媛 | 女 ‘girl’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’ 女(계집 녀) + 媛(여자 원) |
| 女源 | 女 ‘girl’ + 源 ‘source’ 女(계집 녀) + 源(근원 원) |
- Beauty
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Yeo-won is mostly a girl's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Yeo-won. Say it like yuh-wun.
여ㅇ + ㅕ
원ㅇ + ㅝ + 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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