Moon (Korean name)

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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]

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]

Historic people

Moon Ik-jeom(hangul:문익점, hanja:文益漸)(1329~1398) in Goryeo [4]

Given name

Hanja

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: [5]

  1. (문 문 mun mun): "door"
  2. (물을 문 mureul mun): "to ask"
  3. (들을 문 teureul mun): "to listen"
  4. (글월 문 geulwol mun): "writing"
  5. (물 이름 문 mul ireum mun): the name of a body of water
  6. (따뜻할 문 ddaddeuthal mun): "warm"
  7. (무늬 문 munui mun): "design", "pattern"
  8. (들 문 deul mun): plural marker for people
  9. (목 벨 문 mok bel mun): "to decapitate"
  10. (입술 문 ipsul mun): "lips", "to kiss"
  11. (어지러울 문 eojireoul mun, 문란할 문 munnanhal mun): "dizziness", "disorder"
  12. (모기 문 mogi mun): "mosquito"
  13. (구름 무늬 문 gureum munui mun): "cloud patterned"
  14. (닦을 문 dakkeul mun): "to polish"

People

People with the single-syllable given name Moon include:

  • Mun of Balhae (reigned 737–793), third ruler of the Kingdom of Balhae

As name element

Korean names containing the element Moon include:

Notable people with the surname

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. "강릉문씨" [Gangneung Moon clan]. Daejeon: Jokbo Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ko:문익점
  5. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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