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So Yun

So Yun is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleLow

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

So Yun · Soyun · So-Yun

Verdict
Female
Confidence
Low (source weight below 8; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Korea
Also spelled
Soyun, So-Yun
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address So Yun

If you do not know So Yun’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear So Yun,” in English, “Guten Tag So Yun,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear So Yun,

German

Guten Tag So Yun,

French

Bonjour So Yun,

Spanish

Estimado/a So Yun:

Chinese

YunSo您好：

Japanese

Yun様

English

Hi So,

German

Hi So,

French

Salut So,

Spanish

Hola So,

Chinese

So你好：

Japanese

Soさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of So Yun by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Koreararewoman's name

Frequently asked questions

Is So Yun a male or female name?

So Yun is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address So Yun in an email?

If you do not know So Yun’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear So Yun,” in English, “Guten Tag So Yun,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is So Yun a unisex name?

So Yun is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

YoungMostly femaleJungUnisexHeeMostly femaleMinMostly maleDongMostly maleYongMostly maleJinMostly femaleSangUnisex

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is So Yun a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/so-yun. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_soyun,
  title  = {Is So Yun a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/so-yun},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}