Eon (Korean given name)
| Pronunciation | /ʌn/ |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | On, Un, Ohn, Uhn |
| Eon | |
| Hangul | 언 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | eon |
| McCune–Reischauer | ŏn |
| IPA | [ʌn] |
Eon, also spelled On, or Un, Ohn, Uhn is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in two-syllable Korean given names.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
In given names[edit]
People[edit]
People with this name include:
- Lee Un-ju (born 1972), South Korean lawyer and politician
- Kim Eon (born 1973), South Korean poet
- Lee Si-eon (born Lee Bo-yeon, 1982), South Korean actor
- Hwang Seung-eon (born 1988), South Korean actress
Hanja and meanings[edit]
There are 14 hanja with the reading "eon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Though, only 7 of these are routinely used.[2]
- 言 (말씀 언 malsseum eon): speech
- 焉 (어디 언 eodi eon; 어찌 언 eojji eon): somewhere; somehow
- 嫣 (아름다울 언 areumdaul eon): beauty
- 彦 (선비 언 seonbi eon): classical scholar
- 彥 (variant)
- 諺 (속담 언 sokdam eon): proverb
- 堰 (방죽 언 bangjuk eon): embankment
- 偃 (쓰러질 언 sseureojil eon): to fall
As name element[edit]
The character "eon" is uncommon in given names; it is exceedingly rare as the first character and thus, it happens to be found as the second syllable in most existing names. The most common are:
- Names
- Si-eon (시언)
- Ju-eon (주언)
- Ji-eon (지언)
- Seung-eon (승언)
- Do-eon (도언)
- Ha-eon (하언)
- Yi-eon (이언)
- Chae-eon (채언)
- Seo-eon (서언)
- Tae-eon (태언)
- Dong-eon (동언)
- Jae-eon (재언)
- Ga-eon (가언)
- Jung-eon (정언)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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