Siyeon 시연

Siyeon is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 시연. 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 4,838 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Siyeon, Si-yeon. They are all 시연.

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.

  • 시 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 연 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Siyeon

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.

시59 characters can be used

  • 是this, right이 시/옳을 시
  • 時time때 시
  • 施bestow, grant베풀 시
  • 始beginning, first비로소 시
  • 詩poem시 시
  • 示show, display보일 시
  • 視see, look볼 시
  • 市market저자 시

연82 characters can be used

  • 延extend늘일 연
  • 姸beautiful고울 연
  • 演spread out펼 연
  • 娟pretty예쁠 연
  • 衍wide넓을 연
  • 燕swallow, feast제비 연/잔치 연
  • 連connect잇닿을 련(연)
  • 蓮lotus flower연꽃 련(연)

Names sharing a syllable

Siyeon 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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