Given name & surname

Byun

Byun is a surname from Korean.

Original Korean변

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Byun comes from Korean.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Korean 변.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Byun’s family of names

In English usage, Byun as a surname was borrowed from the Korean form 변.

Walk Byun’s family in the name graph

Byun변

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Byun, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Korean

Youn

Youn is a surname from Korean.

No U.S. birth series

14% boys · 86% girls

Korean

Yeun

Yeun is a surname from Korean.

No U.S. birth series

15% boys · 85% girls

Korean

Bak

“朴”

No U.S. birth series

51% boys · 49% girls

Korean

Baek

Baek is a surname from Korean.

No U.S. birth series

35% boys · 65% girls

Korean

Hyun

“having great wisdom”

11Very rare

62% boys · 38% girls

Korean

Pyon

Pyon is a surname from Korean.

No U.S. birth series

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Korean

Joo-eun

“resembling a silver pear]”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Korean

Bo-bae

“a treasured child”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Byun’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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