Yena 예나

Yena is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 예나. 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 2,788 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Yena, Ye-na. They are all 예나.

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.

  • 예 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
  • 나 (starts with ㄴ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility

Hanja used for Yena

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.

예68 characters can be used

  • 藝skill, art재주 예
  • 叡bright밝을 예
  • 睿wisdom슬기 예
  • 兒young어릴 예
  • 豫미리미리 예
  • 禮etiquette예도 례(예)
  • 例rule, custom법식 례(예)
  • 禮etiquette예도 례(예)

나41 characters can be used

  • 娜beautiful아름다울 나
  • 羅net그물 라(나)
  • 那how, what어찌 나
  • 拿grasp, seize잡을 나
  • 奈how, what어찌 나
  • 柰how, what어찌 나
  • 拏hold fast붙잡을 나
  • 蓏fruit열매 라(나)

Names sharing a syllable

Yena 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.

Find your Korean name