All around the world, Yuen (Yuen 
, ユン 
, ยืน 
, among others...) is quite a common unisex first name. The forename Yuen is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Macao, where it is quite a rare male name, and Singapore, where it is quite a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Hong Kong, China, and the United States. More frequently, Yuen is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Yuen | Canada, Hong Kong, United States, Malaysia, China |
| ユン | Japan |
| ยืน | Thailand |
| يوان | Iran |
Yuen is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jon Snow , the character in A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones; Doctor Manhattan , the Watchmen character; Booster Gold , the fictional character, Batman: The Brave and the Bold; Jon Kent , the son of Superman, Convergence and Jon Arryn , the character in A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones, and in many other works.
| khoo sook yuen Singaporean poet (b. 1874) |
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| gum yuen cabinetmaker, Chinese community leader, furniture manufacturer and restaurateur. (b. 1875) |
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kam yuen martial arts expert (b. 1941) |
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kum fai yuen Assistant Professor, SG |
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| wang kai yuen politician, badminton executive and administrator, SG (b. 1940) |
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| sampson yuen CN (b. 1958) |
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| chai saew yuen Malaysian taekwondo practitioner, MY (b. 1969) |
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| chan suk yuen Hong Kong table tennis player (b. 1969) |
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| chiang lai yuen (b. 1966) |
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| lee wan yuen Malaysian sportsperson, MY (b. 1977) |
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| ka y yuen researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-7406-8102) |
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| chau yuen researcher |
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| suet ying yuen researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-4844-9398) |
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| yan l. yuen Chinese arachnologist |
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| kam chuen yuen Ph.D. University of Calgary 1993 |
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