Se-won as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Se-won

What is the meaning of the name Se-won ?

The baby name Se-won is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Korean: 세원; RR: Se-won; IPA: [se.wʌn].

Se-won is Korean in Origin.

Se-won (세원) is a Korean given name formed from the Sino-Korean elements se and won, with meaning determined by the chosen hanja. Se may be written with characters such as 世 “world, generation,” 勢 “vigor, influence,” 細 “fine, delicate,” or 歲 “year, age”; won commonly appears as 原 “origin,” 源 “source,” 元 “first,” 願 “wish,” or 園 “garden.” Combinations like 世源 (“source of the world”), 勢元 (“prime vigor”), or 歲願 (“yearly wish”) illustrate the flexible semantics.

Used for all genders, Se-won follows the long-standing two-syllable Sino-Korean naming pattern and has seen steady modern use in South Korea and the Korean diaspora. Orthographic variants include Se-won, Sewon, and Se Won; in Revised Romanization it is Se-won, and in McCune–Reischauer Sewŏn. Do not confuse it with Seo-won (서원), a different name and also the term for historic Confucian academies.

⚙ We can't find Se-won in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.