Moon, also spelled Mun, is a

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, a single-syllable

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, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the

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used to write it.

Family name

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): * Nampyeong (

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): 380,530 people and 118,491 households *

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: 4,646 people and 1,493 households. They claim common ancestry with the Nampyeong Moon clan through Mun Jang-pil ( 문장필; 文章弼), a Goryeo Dynasty military figure. * Gamcheon: 4,382 people and 1,367 households * Papyeong (

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): 2,687 people and 743 households * Gyeongju: 2,609 people and 844 households *

: 2,537 people and 765 households *

Hampyeong Hampyeong County (''Hampyeong-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. History Hampyeong used to be called Jinguk(진국) in prehistoric times, and Mahan in the Samhan age. Mahan consisted of 54 smaller counties, and it is estima ...

: 2,194 people and 612 households *40 other ''bon-gwan'' with fewer than 2,000 people each: 27,342 people and 8,496 households In a study by the

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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.

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: # (문 문 ''mun mun''): "door" # (물을 문 ''mureul mun''): "to ask" # (들을 문 ''teureul mun''): "to listen" # (글월 문 ''geulwol mun''): "writing" # (물 이름 문 ''mul ireum mun''): the name of a body of water # (따뜻할 문 ''ddaddeuthal mun''): "warm" # (무늬 문 ''munui mun''): "design", "pattern" # (들 문 ''deul mun''): plural marker for people # (목 벨 문 ''mok bel mun''): "to decapitate" # (입술 문 ''ipsul mun''): "lips", "to kiss" # (어지러울 문 ''eojireoul mun'', 문란할 문 ''munnanhal mun''): "dizziness", "disorder" # (모기 문 ''mogi mun''): "mosquito" # (구름 무늬 문 ''gureum munui mun''): "cloud patterned" # (닦을 문 ''dakkeul mun''): "to polish"

People

People with the single-syllable given name Moon include: *

Mun of Balhae Mun may refer to: People * Mun (Korean name), a Korean surname * Mun Bhuridatta (1870–1949), Thai bhikkhu * Thomas Mun (1571–1641) English writer on economics Places * Mun, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France * M ...

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

As name element

Korean names containing the element Moon include: *

Moon-sik Moon-sik, also spelled Moon-shik, Mun-sik, or Mun-shik, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 14 hanja with the reading "moon" and 16 hanja with the reading "sik ...

(masculine) *

Moon-soo Moon-soo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 14 hanja with the reading "moon" and 57 hanja with the reading " soo" on the South Korean government's official li ...

(masculine) *

Ki-moon Ki-moon, also spelled Gi-mun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "ki" and 14 hanja with the reading "moon" on the South Korean gover ...

(masculine) * Moon-bin (masculine)

Notable people with the surname

References

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