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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Korean
Scripts 승현(Korean Hangul) 承炫, 承鉉, 承賢, 昇炫, 昇賢, 勝鉉, 勝賢, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Meaning & History
From Sino-Korean 承 (seung) meaning "inherit", 昇 (seung) meaning "rise, ascend" or 勝 (seung) meaning "victory, success" combined with 炫 (hyeon) meaning "shine, glitter", 鉉 (hyeon) referring to a device used to lift a ritual tripod cauldron or 賢 (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, wise". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.