Gun (Korean name)

Gun
Hangul
RRGeon
MRKŏn
IPA[kʌn]

Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names.

People

People with this name include:

  • Yi Geon (1909–1990), Korean prince
  • Kang Kon (1918–1950), Korean military leader
  • Goh Kun (born 1938), South Korean politician
  • Shin Kuhn (1941–2015), South Korean lawyer and politician
  • Cui Jian (born 1961), Chinese musician
  • Yoo Gun (born Jo Jeong-ik, 1983), American-born South Korean actor
  • Heo Keon (born 1988), South Korean football player
  • Park Gon (born 1990), South Korean football player
  • Lee Geon (footballer) (born 1996), South Korean football player
  • So Geon (born 2006), member of idol group NEXZ

As a name element

In the 2000s, one given name containing this element, Kun-woo, was a popular name for newborn baby boys in South Korea.[1] Other given names containing this element include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-09-19.