Meaning of 이서

이서 (Yi-Seo) means “joyful, harmonious · auspicious, lucky omen” when written 怡瑞. It is one of the most popular names for babies born in Korea in the 2020s. Its characters carry the elements 火 Fire, 金 Metal, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

About the name

이서 rose to the top of the girls' charts in the 2020s, part of a wider taste for light, vowel-led names. 怡瑞 joins 'joyful' with 'auspicious', and because 이 (怡) is also a common surname sound, the name feels effortlessly Korean. It is easy for non-Koreans to say: ee-suh.

Other hanja spellings

• 이 can also be written 伊 (that person), 利 (benefit)
• 서 can also be written 序 (order, harmony), 舒 (serene, unfolding), 徐 (gentle, unhurried)

How to pronounce 이서

Revised Romanisation: iseo (i-seo). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Yi-Seo. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.