# Hyun

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,857

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 현 (hyeon), from Chinese 玄 (xuán).

## Easily confused with
- **hyung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hyun-vs-hyung)
- **Hu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hu-vs-hyun)
- **hn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hn-vs-hyun)
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huh-vs-hyun)
- **hug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hug-vs-hyun)
- **hub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hub-vs-hyun)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/han-vs-hyun)
- **hon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hon-vs-hyun)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hut-vs-hyun)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hum-vs-hyun)
- **hen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hen-vs-hyun)
- **hue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hue-vs-hyun)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hun-vs-hyun)
- **HUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hud-vs-hyun)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hua-vs-hyun)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hye-vs-hyun)
- **hui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hui-vs-hyun)
- **Hou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hou-vs-hyun)
- **Hsu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hsu-vs-hyun)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hur-vs-hyun)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhyun`, `huyn`, `hynu`, `hyunn`, `hyyun`, `yhun`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hyun