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Worldwide, 효연 (晓燕 , 효연 , Hyoyeon ) is a widespread primarily girly, but scarcely masculine forename. The first name 효연 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a common principally female, but very seldom male name, and South Korea, where it is quite a rare largely female, but infrequently boy's name. Very seldom, 효연 is the last name as well as the forename.