Si-eun, also spelled Shi-eun, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 56 hanja with the reading "shi"[1] and 33 hanja with the reading "eun"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.

Si-eun
Pronunciation/ʃi.ʊn/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningdifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingShieun, Seeun, Sheeun, Siun, Shiun, Shien, Sien
Si-eun
Hangul
시은
Hanja
, , , , and others
Revised RomanizationSi-eun
McCune–ReischauerSiŭn
IPA[ɕiɯn]

People

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People with this name include:

  • Lee Si-eun (born 1970), South Korean actress
  • Park Si-eun (born Park Eun-young, 1980), South Korean actress
  • Ha Si-eun (born Lee Si-eun, 1984), South Korean actress
  • Joo Si-eun (born 1992), South Korean announcer
  • Ahn Si-eun (born 1993), South Korean actress
  • Lee Si-eun (born 1994), South Korean singer
  • Choe Si-eun (born 1995), South Korean announcer
  • Kim Si-eun (born 1999), South Korean actress
  • Kim Si-eun (born 2000), South Korean actress
  • Park Si-eun (born 2001), South Korean actress and singer, member of STAYC

Fictional characters

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Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Kim Shi-eun, female character in 2006 South Korean film Lump Sugar
  • Shi-eun, female character in 2015 South Korean film Fatal Intuition
  • Jang Shi-eun, female character in 2015 South Korean television series Super Daddy Yeol
  • Lee Shi-eun, female character in 2018 South Korean television series A Poem a Day
  • Kim Shi-eun, female character in 2018 South Korean television series Just Dance
  • Shi-eun, female character in 2018 South Korean film Back from the Beat
  • Oh Shi-eun, female character in 2020 South Korean television series Touch
  • Yeon Sieun, male character in the 2022 South Korean Web Drama Weak Hero Class 1
  • Sieun, female character in the 2022 South Korean Web Drama Work Later, Drink Now 2

See also

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References

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