Jeong-hyun as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jeong-hyun

What is the meaning of the name Jeong-hyun ?

The baby name Jeong-hyun is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced [tɕʌŋ.hjʌn] (approx. 'Jung-hyun', 'eo' as 'uh' in 'cup').

Jeong-hyun is Korean in Origin.

Jeong-hyun (정현) is a Korean unisex given name built from Sino-Korean syllables whose meanings depend on the chosen hanja. Jeong (정) may be written as 正 “upright,” 貞 “chaste,” 靜 “tranquil,” 政 “governance,” or 情 “affection,” among others; Hyun (현) commonly appears as 賢 “virtuous,” 玄 “profound,” 顯 “illustrious,” 炫 “radiant,” or 鉉 “string (of an instrument).” Typical pairings yield readings such as 正賢 “upright and virtuous,” 靜賢 “tranquil and wise,” 貞炫 “chaste and radiant,” or 政鉉 “steady in governance,” giving parents flexible ways to express character and aspiration.

Used throughout the 20th and 21st centuries and somewhat more often for men, the name fits long-standing Korean two-syllable naming patterns. Romanization varies: Jeong-hyeon (Revised Romanization), Jung-hyun (common anglicization), Jeonghyun/Jung Hyun (no hyphen or spacing), and the McCune–Reischauer form Chŏng-hyŏn.

⚙ Jeong-hyun is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 2 recorded uses of it, from 1 country.