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. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

In given names

People

People with this name include:

• Lee Un-ju (born 1972), South Korean lawyer and politician
• Kim Eon (born 1973), South Korean poet
• Lee Si-eon (born Lee Bo-yeon, 1982), South Korean actor
• Hwang Seung-eon (born 1988), South Korean actress

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.

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
   • 彥 (variant)
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

See also

• List of Korean given names

References