Byun as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Byun

What is the meaning of the name Byun ?

The baby name Byun is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /bjʌn/ (approx. "byuhn"); RR: Byeon.

Byun is Korean in Origin.

Byun is a Korean name most widely known as the family name Byeon (변), via Sino-Korean readings. In Revised Romanization it's Byeon; Byun is a common personal spelling; North Korea uses Pyon, and the cognate Chinese surname is Bian (卞). As a hanja-based element, multiple characters read byeon can shape meaning if used in a given name: 卞 (quick, ardent), 變 (change, transformation), 辨 (discernment), 辯 (eloquence), and 弁 (cap, emblem). Pronounced roughly “byuhn” with a soft yeo vowel.

Documented since early Korean history with major clans such as Haman Byeon, the surname appears throughout the Goryeo-Joseon records and remains familiar today through scholars, politicians, and artists. In the diaspora it is sometimes adopted as a sleek unisex given name, prized for its brief form and themes of adaptability or articulate reason, depending on the hanja chosen. Variant spellings: Byeon, Byun, Pyon.