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Korean given name

이현 I-hyeon

The Hangul spelling identifies the observed name form. Romanization is a navigation aid. A full-name meaning depends on the Hanja actually chosen, so compatible character meanings stay separate instead of being collapsed into one translation.

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이현 does not have one reliable English meaning without a specific Hanja spelling. The choices below are character-level evidence and compatible readings, not a claim about any individual person’s actual spelling or intended meaning.

Reading 이

Hanja recorded for 이

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TwoOrderConsiderThereforeThisSheSecondAssistantCleverSharp
二two; twice以by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to伊third person pronoun; he, she, this, that佴a second, an assistant俐smooth; active; clever, sharp俚rustic, vulgar, unpolished; mean利gains, advantage, profit, merit剺mark厘manage, control; thousandth part of tael吏government official, magistrate呢interrogative or emphatic final; (Cant.) this咿descriptive of creaking; laugh
Reading 현

Hanja recorded for 현

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FlyCleverNimbleStringHangSuspendRelaxedSunlightShineCry
仚to fly俔like儇clever, nimble呟to mutter, grumble, murmur嬛apt, clever; sycophant, flatterer峴steep hill; mountain in Hubei弦string; hypotenuse, crescent懸hang, suspend, hoist; be hung昡long day; extended; relaxed晛sunlight泫weep; cry; shine, glisten炫shine, glitter; show off, flaunt
Usage history

이현 in Korean Supreme Court name statistics

The national series records published ranked-name observations; absence from a year is not treated as zero registrations.

YearDatasetRegistrationsRank
2026Male1,115#14
2025Male1,386#11
2024Male1,266#13
2023Male1,073#18
2022Male1,137#15
Name questions

Meaning, gender and popularity for 이현

What does 이현 mean?

6,105 mechanical Hanja combinations exist across the current legal reading sets for these syllables. That does not prove every combination is attested, natural or intended.

Is 이현 a boy or girl name?

The stored evidence currently labels this name male. Observed evidence: 5,977 male and 0 female registrations in stored national Top-20 rows.

How popular is 이현?

2022 is the first year this name appears in the stored national Court ranked-name evidence. Its highest stored national yearly is 1,386 in 2025. Among the two most recent consecutive observed years, the count was lower in 2026 (1,115 vs 1,386, 19.6% lower). This describes only the published national top-name series.

How is 이현 romanized?

Navigation romanization: I-hyeon · Ihyeon · I hyeon. Romanization can vary by convention and personal preference.

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Names like 이현 (I-hyeon)

These are evidence-backed discovery links based on spelling position or stored usage category. They do not imply the same Hanja, meaning, family relationship or pronunciation preference.

Names starting with 이Names ending with 현Male names with 현

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서준 · SeojunSame stored gender evidence label민준 · MinjunSame stored gender evidence label도윤 · DoyunSame stored gender evidence label시우 · SiuSame stored gender evidence label예준 · YejunSame stored gender evidence label지호 · JihoSame stored gender evidence label하준 · HajunSame stored gender evidence label주원 · JuwonSame stored gender evidence label준우 · JunuSame stored gender evidence label선우 · SeonuSame stored gender evidence label지후 · JihuSame stored gender evidence label건우 · GeonuSame stored gender evidence label우진 · UjinSame stored gender evidence label준서 · JunseoSame stored gender evidence label현우 · HyeonuSame stored gender evidence label