Dong-hyun
Origin
Korean
Syllables
3
Peak era
1970s/1980s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
eastern virtue (a grandparent-generation name, now more common as a middle name)
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1970s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Dong-hyun peaked in the 1970s and the 1980s in nearly equal measure.
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