Joon (Korean name)

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

As a family name

The family name Joon is written with only one hanja, meaning (Template:Linktext). 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 (born Kim Hyung-joon, born 1984), South Korean rapper, former member of boy group T-max
  • Lee Joon (born Lee Chang-sun, born 1988), South Korean singer, former member of boy group MBLAQ
  • Jun. K (born Kim Min-joon, born 1988), South Korean singer-songwriter, member of boy group 2PM
  • Jun (Chinese entertainer) (born Wen Junhui, 1996), Chinese singer, 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]

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See also

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

References

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