Gun (Korean name)
| Gun | |
| Hangul | 건 |
|---|---|
| RR | Geon |
| MR | Kŏn |
| 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
- Gun, a character from the horror comic series Witch Creek Road
- List of Korean given names
References
- ^ "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-09-19.