- Source: Gun (Korean name)
Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Hanja
There are 15 hanja with this reading, and variant forms of two of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:
People
People with this name include:
Yi Geon (1909–1990), Korean prince
Kang Kon (1918–1950), Korean military leader
Goh Kun (born 1938), South Korean politician
Shin Kuhn (1941–2015), South Korean lawyer and politician
Cui Jian (born 1961), Chinese musician
Yoo Gun (born Jo Jeong-ik, 1983), American-born South Korean actor
Heo Keon (born 1988), South Korean football player
Park Gon (born 1990), South Korean football player
Lee Geon (footballer) (born 1996), South Korean football player
As a name element
In the 2000s, one given name containing this element, Kun-woo, was a popular name for newborn baby boys in South Korea. Other given names containing this element include:
Dong-gun
Yoo-gun
See also
List of Korean given names