Hayul 하율
Hayul name meaning: “river + law” (河律)
Hayul is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 하율. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 544 different ways.
Other spellings
The same name is romanized in several ways: Hayul, Ha-yul. They are all 하율.
How to pronounce Hayul
Say it as hah-yool (2 syllables). Korean doesn't stress one syllable the way English does, so give each beat roughly the same weight rather than saying HAH-yool.
The recording is a synthesized standard Seoul voice; the respelling above is an English approximation of it. More on the rules: how to pronounce Korean names. To hear more spoken Korean, try Korean greetings with audio.
Five Elements (Ohaeng)
In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.
- 하 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
- 율 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
Hanja used for Hayul
These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.
하32 characters can be used
- 河river물 하
- 荷carry, scold멜 하/꾸짖을 하
- 夏summer여름 하
- 昰summer여름 하
- 下below아래 하
- 嘏big클 하
- 何how, scold, carry어찌 하/꾸짖을 하/멜 하
- 霞rosy clouds노을 하
율17 characters can be used
- 律law, rule법칙 률(율)
- 聿writing brush붓 율
- 栗chestnut밤 률(율)
- 率rate, lead비율 률(율)
- 燏shine빛날 율
- 汩flow흐를 율
- 矞pierce송곳질할 율
- 䫻strong wind큰 바람 율
Hayul on K-Soul Seal in November 2026
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Hayul name FAQ
- What does Hayul mean in Korean?
- A popular way to write Hayul (하율) is 河 (river) + 律 (law), giving the meaning "river + law". The meaning depends on the hanja the parents choose — 하율 can be written 544 different ways.
- Is Hayul a Korean name?
- Yes. Hayul is a Korean given name written 하율 in hangul, mostly given to girls.
- How do you write Hayul in Korean?
- In hangul it is 하율; a common hanja spelling is 河律. It is also romanized as Ha-yul.
- What element is the name Hayul?
- By its sounds, Hayul carries Earth + Earth in the Five Elements (Ohaeng) of Korean naming.
Names sharing a syllable
Hayul belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.
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