Joo-hyun

This article is about the given name. For the actor with the family name Joo and the stage name Hyun, see Joo Hyun.

Joo-hyun
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	Korean
Origin
Meaning	Different depending on hanja
Other names
Alternative spelling	Ju-hyun, Ju-hyeon

Korean orthography
Hangul	주현
Hanja	珠玄, 珠鉉, 周炫, 周鉉, 皗現, 柱炫, 柱鉉, 註鉉, and others
Revised Romanization	Ju-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chuhyŏn

Joo-hyun (Hangul: 주현), also spelled Joo-hyeon or Ju-hyun, is a Korean given name, that is a unisex name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 56 hanja with the reading "joo" and 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Noh Joo-hyun (born 1946), South Korean actor
• Ock Joo-hyun (born 1980), South Korean musical theatre actress and pop singer, member of the girl group Fin.K.L
• Park Sihyun (born Park Ju-hyun, 1986), South Korean female singer, member of girl group Spica
• Seohyun (born Seo Ju-hyun, 1991), South Korean female singer, member of Girl's Generation
• Bae Irene (born Bae Joo-hyun, 1991), South Korean female singer, member of Red Velvet

Sportspeople

• Baek Joo-hyun (born 1984), South Korean male association football player
• Park Joo-hyun (footballer) (born 1984), South Korean male association football player
• Oh Ju-hyun (born 1987), South Korean male association football player
• Jeong Ju-hyeon (born 1990), South Korean male baseball player

See also

• List of Korean given names