Yuri 유리

Yuri is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 유리. 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 4,988 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Yuri, Yu-ri. They are all 유리.

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.

  • 유 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
  • 리 (starts with ㄹ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility

Hanja used for Yuri

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.

유116 characters can be used

  • 有exist있을 유
  • 由reason, cause말미암을 유
  • 柔soft, gentle부드러울 유
  • 裕abundant넉넉할 유
  • 侑urge, recommend권할 유
  • 宥lenient너그러울 유
  • 猶still, monkey오히려 유/원숭이 유
  • 維rope, only벼리 유/오직 유

리43 characters can be used

  • 李plum오얏 리(이)
  • 理govern다스릴 리(이)
  • 利sharp, keen날카로울 리(이)
  • 離leave, separate떠날 리(이)
  • 裏inside속 리(이)
  • 履tread, shoe밟을 리(이)/신 리(이)
  • 里village, inside마을 리(이)/속 리(이)
  • 离leave, goblin떠날 리(이)/도깨비 리(이)

Names sharing a syllable

Yuri 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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