Seon (Korean name) explained

Hangul:
Mr:Sŏn
Rr:Seon

Seon, also spelled Sun, is an uncommon Korean family name, as well as an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Family name

As a family name, Seon may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "to announce" and the other meaning "first" . Each has one bon-gwan: for the former, Boseong, Jeollanam-do, and for the latter, Jinseong, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, both in what is today South Korea.[1] The 2000 South Korean census found 38,849 people with these family names.[2] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 60.7% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Sun in their passports, while another 39.2% spelled it as Seon.[3]

People with this family name include:

Given name

There are 41 hanja with the reading "seon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are listed in the table at right.[4]

People with the single-syllable name Seon include:

Given names containing this element include:

First syllable
Second syllable

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 한국성씨일람. List of Korean surnames. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. 2013-10-30.
  2. Web site: 성씨인구분포데이터. Family name population and distribution data. National Statistics Office. South Korea. 2013-05-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101034812/http://sgis.nso.go.kr/pyramid/view_familyname_dmc_table.asp. 2013-11-01.
  3. Book: 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회. Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. 22 October 2015. 61.
  4. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 2013-10-17.