Seon

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled 선 in KR South Korea.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Seon is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name16K records spelled Seon6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Guyana, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Se-On, Séon

• Spanish given name1.9K records spelled Seon5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Seoñ, Seön

• a separate given name1.5K records spelled Seon2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, Italy, Netherlands

  Also written Séon

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Seon is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In ang, to see, look

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 30 years between 1969–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Bao Xinb. 152CNnot in their usual nameHan dynasty general and warlord (152–192)
• Li Xinb. 250not in their usual nameChinese military general from the state of Qin during the Warring States period
• Taksinb. 1734THnot in their usual nameKing of Siam
• Prince Sadob. 1735KRnot in their usual nameKorean prince
• Kim Hae-sungb. 1966KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean figure skater
• Sunwoo Sunb. 1975KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
• Namkoong Sunb. 1980KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film director
• Zhu Xinnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 251622
• Zhu Xinnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 246621
• Zhu Xinnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 252546

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 72 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Seon?

We estimate roughly 43 thousand people bear Seon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Seon have the most bearers?

We estimate about 43 thousand people bear Seon in South Korea, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled 선.

Where is Seon most common?

Seon is densest in South Korea, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.2 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Seon compared with other names?

In South Korea, Seon is the 106th most common surname of 14,083 surnames recorded there.

Is Seon a male or female name?

Seon is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Seon mean?

Recorded meaning: s. See Sep | old, pelt: s.