Eun


Eun, also spelled Un, or En, Ehn, Enn, Unn, is an uncommon Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 30 hanja with the reading "eun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. The overwhelmingly popular hanja for given name is "'" and "'".

As a Surname

The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,657 people with this Korean surname. They traced their origins to three different bon-gwan: Yonan County, South Hwanghae and Kangeum, Kumchon County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and Haengju, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do in what is today South Korea.
Eun is a surname from Qi. Manchurian Eunwon-ri served as an officer in Cheong Deokjong. It is said that the queen of Baekje's chair king is Eungo in 『Japanese clerk』.
Gobu-eun, who is based in Gobu-gun, Jeolla-do, was born in 1784 by Eun Kwang-hoon, born in 1754 He was paid in time-departed radish. Eun Kwang-hoon's residence is Yeongyu, Pyongan-do, Pyeongwon-gun.
In 1930, a national census showed that one family was living in Ssangyong-myeon, Gangseo-gun, South Pyongan.
In the 2015 National Statistical Office Census, there were 13 people with this surname.
People with the surname Eun include:
There are 30 hanja with the reading "Eun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Especially, since the 1970s, a number of given names containing this "Eun" element have been popular for newborn girls in South Korea, including:

First syllable

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People with the single-syllable given name Eun include: