| Hangul: | 문 |
| Hanja: | Family name: Given name: |
| Mr: | Mun |
| Rr: | Mun |
Moon, also spelled Mun, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
See also: List of people with the Korean family name Moon.
As a family name, Moon is written with one hanja, meaning "writing" (; 글월 문 geulwol mun). The 2000 South Korean census found a total of 426,927 people and 132,881 households with this family name. They identified with 47 different surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members):[1]
4,646 people and 1,493 households.[1] They claim common ancestry with the Nampyeong Moon clan through Mun Jang-pil (문장필; 文章弼), a Goryeo Dynasty military figure.[2]
4,382 people and 1,367 households[1]
2,609 people and 844 households[1]
2,537 people and 765 households[1]
2,194 people and 612 households[1]
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 73.5% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Moon in their passports, while another 26.4% spelled it as Mun.[3]
There are 14 hanja with the reading Moon on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:[4]
People with the single-syllable given name Moon include:
Korean names containing the element Moon include:
See main article: List of people with the Korean family name Moon.