Eon (Korean given name)

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.

Eon
Pronunciation/ʌn/
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingOn, Un, Ohn, Uhn
Eon
Hangul
언
Hanja
彦, 言, and others
Revised Romanizationeon
McCune–Reischauerŏn
IPA[ʌn]

In given names

People

People with this name include:

Hanja and meanings

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]

  1. 言 (말씀 언 malsseum eon): speech
  2. 焉 (어디 언 eodi eon; 어찌 언 eojji eon): somewhere; somehow
  3. 嫣 (아름다울 언 areumdaul eon): beauty
  4. 彦 (선비 언 seonbi eon): classical scholar
  5. 諺 (속담 언 sokdam eon): proverb
  6. 堰 (방죽 언 bangjuk eon): embankment
  7. 偃 (쓰러질 언 sseureojil eon): to fall

As name element

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

References
  1. List of Korean given names
  2. "대법원 인명용 한자 "언"".
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