Meaning & History
From Sino-Korean 賢 (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, wise" or 顯 (hyeon) meaning "manifest, clear" or 炫 (hyeon) meaning "shine, glitter" or 鉉 (hyeon), which refers to a device used to lift a tripod cauldron combined with 哲 (cheol) meaning "wise, sage". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.