Sun-hee
Origin
Korean
Syllables
2
Peak era
1970s/1980s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
virtuous and joyful (a grandparent-generation name, still given as a middle name to honor an elder)
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1970s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sun-hee peaked in the 1970s and the 1980s in nearly equal measure.
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