Entry № 3959 · Korean origin

Haerin Haerin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HAY-rin /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Sea jewel (NewJeans K-pop)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "sea jewel (newjeans k-pop)".

Haerin is from the Korean hae (해 — sea, ocean) + rin (린 — jewel, precious). Haerin in modern Korean naming — has experienced a surge in popularity since 2022 due to NewJeans's global success.

Sea jewel (Korean).

The name in its native script.

해린
Transliteration
Haerin
Pronunciation
/ ˈheɪ.rɪn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Haerin stands.

Haerin does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Haerins before her.

Real people
Haerin (NewJeans)
Korean K-pop singer + Time 100 Next.
born 2006
In fiction
Haerin
Korean sea jewel.

Names connected to Haerin.

The number behind Haerin.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Haerin reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.