Joon (Korean name)

Joon, also spelled Jun, Chun, or June, is a rare Korean family name, as well as a common element in Korean given names.

Not to be confused with Jeon (Korean name).
Joon
Hangul
준
Hanja

Family or given: *俊: "handsome" Given name only: *準: "standard" *遵: "obey" *浚: "deep"

Revised RomanizationJun
McCune–ReischauerChun

As a family name

The family name Joon is written with only one hanja, meaning (俊). The 2000 South Korean Census found 72 people with this family name. All belonged to one bon-gwan, from Cheongju.[1]

In given names

There are 34 hanja with the reading "Joon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; the more common ones are listed in the table above.[2]

Single-syllable given name

People with the given name Joon include:

  • Heo Jun (c. 1537 – 1615), Joseon Dynasty court physician
  • Yi Tjoune (1859–1907), late Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire diplomat
  • Choe Jun (1884–1970), South Korean businessman
  • Oh Joon (born 1955), South Korean diplomat
  • Heo Jun (television personality) (born 1977), South Korean television personality
  • Jung Joon (born 1979), South Korean actor
  • Mun Jun (born 1982), South Korean speed skater
  • Park June (born 1986), South Korean professional computer gamer
  • Kwon Jun (born 1987), South Korean footballer
  • Ahn Jun (fl. 2000s), South Korean photographer

People with the stage name "Joon" include:

  • Kim Joon (Kim Hyung-joon, born 1984), South Korean rapper
  • Lee Joon (Lee Chang-sun, born 1988), South Korean singer
  • Jun. K (Kim Min-joon, born 1988), South Korean singer
  • Jun (Wen Jun-hui, born 1996), Chinese singer, actor and songwriter, member of South Korean boy group Seventeen.

As name element

A few names containing this syllable have been popular over the years. Jun-young and Joon-ho were popular names for newborn boys in the 1970s through 1990s.[3] In the late 2000s and early 2010s, more names containing this syllable became popular, including Min-jun, Jun-seo, Ye-jun, Hyun-jun, and Seo-jun.[4][3]

Names beginning with this syllable include:

Names ending with this syllable include:

See also
  • Pieter Joon (born 1942), Dutch athlete, founder of World Organization Volleyball for Disabled
  • Joon Wolfsberg (born 1992), German singer-songwriter

References
  1. "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean surnames]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  4. "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
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