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 "''(grace)''" and "''(silver)''".
As a Surname
*Eun ()
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
Kŭmch'ŏn County is a county in the North Hwanghae province of North Korea. It has a population of 68,216.
Geography
Kŭmch'ŏn is bordered to the west by Kaesŏng, to the south by Kaep'ung, to the northwest by T'osan, and to the north by Mt. ...
,
North Hwanghae in what is today
North Korea, and
Haengju (
행주동),
Goyang
Goyang (''Goyang-si''; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Capital Area, making Goyang one of Seoul's satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the Seoul Capital Area, with a populatio ...
,
Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
in what is today
South Korea.
*Eun ()
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 (殷 or 恩) include:
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Eun Hee-kyung
Eun Heekyung (born in 1959) is a South Korean writer."은, 희, 경" biographical PDF available at:
Life
Eun was born in Gochang, Jeollabuk-do in 1959. She did her undergraduate degree in literature at Sookmyung Women's University, and her gr ...
(born 1959), South Korean writer
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Eun Ji-won (born 1978), South Korean rapper, member of
Sechs Kies
As a Given name
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
;Masculine
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Eun-ho
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Eun-hoo
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Eun-joon
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Eun-kyu
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Eun-min
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Eun-woo
;Unisex
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Eun-jae
Eun-jae is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 26 hanja with the reading "'' jae''" on the South Korean government's officia ...
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Eun-soo
Eun-soo, also spelled Eun-su, or Un-soo, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 67 hanja with the reading "'' soo''" on the South ...
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Eun-sung
Eun-sung, also spelled Eun-seong, or Un-sung, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 27 hanja with the reading "''seong''" on ...
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Eun-sang
Eun-sang, also spelled Un-sang, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 43 hanja with the reading "'' sang''" on the South Ko ...
;Feminine
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Eun-ah
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Eun-bi
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Eun-byul
Eun-byul, also spelled Eun-byeol or Un-byol, is a Korean feminine given name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "'' eun''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names, among them "silver" () and "grac ...
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Eun-chae
Eun-chae, also spelled Eun-chay, or Eun-cheh, Un-chae, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 17 hanja with the reading "' ...
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Eun-ha
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Eun-hee
Eun-hee, also spelled Eun-hui or Un-hui, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 24 hanja with the reading "''hee''" on the ...
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Eun-hye
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Eun-ji, 2nd place in 1980
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Eun-jin
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Eun-ju
Eun-ju, also spelled Eun-joo or Un-joo, Un-ju, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 76 hanja with the reading "'' ju''" ...
, 6th place in 1970
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Eun-jung
Eun-jung, also spelled Eun-jeong or Eun-jong, Un-jong, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "'' eun''" and 84 hanja with the reading " ...
, 3rd place in 1970, 6th place in 1980
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Eun-kyung, 8th place in 1970
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Eun-kyo
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Eun-mi
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Eun-seh
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Eun-seo, 10th place in 2011, 2013
[ List of the most popular given names in South Korea]
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Eun-sook
Eun-sook, also spelled Eun-suk, Un-sook or Un-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 13 hanja with the reading "'' s ...
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Eun-sun
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Eun-young, 5th place in 1970, 8th place in 1980
Second syllable
;Masculine
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Dae-eun
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Dong-eun
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Hyung-eun
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Jong-eun
;Unisex
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Do-eun
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Gi-eun
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Jae-eun
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Jung-eun
Jeong-eun, also spelled Jung-eun, Jeong-un, or Jong-un, is a Korean unisex given name. In South Korea, it is overwhelmingly used as a female name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. , regulations of S ...
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Kyu-eun
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Rae-eun
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Sang-eun
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Seong-eun
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Seung-eun
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Tae-eun
;Feminine
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Chae-eun
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Cho-eun
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Da-eun
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Ga-eun
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Go-eun
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Ha-eun, 7th place in 2008, 8th place in 2009 and 2011
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Hae-eun
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Hee-eun
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Hye-eun
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Hyo-eun
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Ji-eun
Ji-eun, also spelled Jee-eun, Ji-un or Jee-un, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "'' ji''" and 30 hanja with the reading "'' eun''" ...
, 4th place in 1980, 2nd place in 1990
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Jo-eun
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Ju-eun
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Kyo-eun
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Kyung-eun
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Mi-eun
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Na-eun
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Ra-eun
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Se-eun
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Seo-eun
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Si-eun
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So-eun
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Ye-eun, 6th place in 2008 and 9th place in 2009
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Yeo-eun
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Yo-eun
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Young-eun
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Yu-eun
People with the single-syllable given name Eun (Un) include:
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Yi Un (1897–1970), Joseon Dynasty prince
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Ko Un
Ko Un (born 1 August 1933) is a South Korean poet whose works have been translated and published in more than fifteen countries. He had been imprisoned many times due to his role in the campaign for Korean democracy and was later mentioned in K ...
(born 1933), South Korean poet
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Lee Eun (born 1961), South Korean film director
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Eun Yang (born 1973), Korean American journalist
See also
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List of Korean family names
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
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List of South Korean surnames by prevalence
This List of South Korean surnames by prevalence ranks Korean family names by population and includes homophonous hanja characters. Data are provided by the South Korean government and only include family names used by more than five people. (The ...
References
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Korean-language surnames