Soyun

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Soyun is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country. In Macao it is the 21st most common given name.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.7M(measured from records)
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 5Kas 소윤
  • TMTurkmenistan≈1 in 152K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Soyun itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈10,000 named 소윤, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
75 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 152K (inferred from the name graph)

Turkmenistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SoyunLatin(measured from records)
소윤Hangul(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled 소윤 in KR South Korea, 서윤 in MO Macao and Şoyun in TM Turkmenistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Soyun counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Soyun is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#535≈10,000 est.≈1 in 5K34K소윤58
KP North Korea—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 19K—Soyun5
CN China—≈720 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Soyun5
US United States—1921 in 1.7M186Soyun75
MO Macao#21≈130 est.≈1 in 4.7K—서윤1
TM Turkmenistan—≈36 est.≈1 in 152K—Şoyun1
BO Bolivia—≈14 est.≈1 in 852K—Soyun2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: This page provides statistics on popular baby names in South Korea based on official data from the Electronic Family Rel; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Soyun is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Argentina, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Söyün, Şoyun

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written So-Yun, Sŏ-Yun

  • Turkmen given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Turkmenistan, Türkiye

    Languages: Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Turkish

    Also written Şoyun, Söyün, Soýun, Söýün, Soyün

  • Russian given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Союн, Şoyun, Söyün, Sojun, Söýün

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written So-Yun

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Turkmenistan

    Also written Söyün, Soyün, Şoyun

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Turkmenistan

    Also written Şoyun

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

198019902000Yoon So-yun, b. 1983Lee So-yoon, b. 1985Mi So-yun, b. 1988Choi So-yoon, b. 1994Yim So-yun, b. 1997Hwang So-yoon, b. 1997
  • Yoon So-yunb. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Lee So-yoonb. 1985KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film actress
  • Mi So-yunb. 1988KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Choi So-yoonb. 1994KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress and model
  • Yim So-yunb. 1997KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress, born 1997
  • Hwang So-yoonb. 1997KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean guitarist and singer-songwriter
  • So Yoon YoonUSnot in their usual nameKorean American engineering educator

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Soyun
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020186#39,388
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20206#39,388

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Soyun a male or female name?
Soyun is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Soyun have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named 소윤 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Soyun?
In the United States, the national register counted 192 people named Soyun in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
How common is Soyun compared with other names?
In South Korea, Soyun is the 535th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Soyun” — the 535th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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