Meaning & History
From Sino-Korean 賢 (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, wise", 鉉 (hyeon) referring to a device used to lift a ritual tripod cauldron or 縣 (hyeon) meaning "country, district, subdivision" combined with 聖 (seong) meaning "holy, sacred", 誠 (seong) meaning "sincere, honest, true" or 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.