Eun
Eun | |
Hangul | 은 |
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Hanja |
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Revised Romanization | Eun |
McCune–Reischauer | Ŭn |
Eun is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.
As a family name
The Korean family name Eun is written with only one hanja, meaning "flourishing" (殷).[1] The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,657 people with this family name.[2] They traced their origins to three different bon-gwan: Yonan County, South Hwanghae and Kangeum, Kumchon County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and Haengju (행주동), Goyang, Gyeonggi-do in what is today South Korea.[1]
People with this family name include:
- Eun Hee-kyung (born 1959), South Korean writer
- Eun Ji-won (born 1978), South Korean rapper, member of Sechs Kies
In given names
There are 26 hanja with the reading Eun on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; common ones are listed in the table above. The meaning differs based on the hanja which the name contains.[3] Since the 1970s, a number of given names containing this element have been popular for newborn girls in South Korea, including:
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Other names containing this element include:
People with the single-syllable name Eun include:
- Yi Un (1897–1970), Joseon Dynasty prince
- Ko Un (born 1933), South Korean poet
- Lee Eun (born 1961), South Korean film director
- Eun Yang (born 1973), Korean American journalist
See also
References
- 1 2 "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean surnames]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ↑ "성씨인구분포데이터 (Surname population and distribution data)". South Korea: National Statistics Office. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 32. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- 1 2 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- 1 2 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- 1 2 "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2011-09-19.