Jaehyun

Jaehyun is a masculine Korean given name. It is commonly rendered in English as Jaehyun, Jae-hyun, or JaeHyun, and the meaning of the name varies depending on the hanja characters chosen; when written in Hangul, the name itself carries no fixed meaning. The name is used by several individuals in Korea and abroad, across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia, and it can appear in various spellings in English-language sources.

The best-known bearer in popular culture is Jaehyun (born 1999), a South Korean singer and actor who is a member of SM Entertainment’s boy group NCT, including its subunits such as NCT 127. He has contributed to numerous NCT releases and has pursued acting and television appearances, contributing to the group’s international visibility.

Because multiple people share the name, references to Jaehyun often require disambiguation by occupation or birth year to avoid confusion. In Korean media, the name may also be encountered in fiction or in scholarly or journalistic contexts, where the specific individual is identified by additional identifiers.

See also: variations of the name such as Jae-hyun, JaeHyun, or other romanizations. Jaehyun remains a relatively common given name in Korea, reflecting naming traditions that pair desired qualities with syllables chosen for their phonetic and cultural associations.