Moon (Korean name)

Moon
Hangul	문
Hanja	Family name: 文 Given names: 問 聞 汶 炆 紋 們 刎 吻 紊 蚊 雯 抆
Revised Romanization	Mun
McCune–Reischauer	Mun

Moon, also spelled Mun, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the Hanja used to write it.

Family name

Further information: List of people with the Korean family name Moon

As a family name, Moon is written with one hanja, meaning "writing" (文; 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):[1]

• Nampyeong (Naju): 380,530 people and 118,491 households[1]
• Gangneung: 4,646 people and 1,493 households.[1] They claim common ancestry with the Nampyeong Moon clan through Mun Jang-pil (문장필; 文章弼), a Goryeo Dynasty military figure.[2]
• Gamcheon: 4,382 people and 1,367 households[1]
• Papyeong (Paju): 2,687 people and 743 households[1]
• Gyeongju: 2,609 people and 844 households[1]
• Naju: 2,537 people and 765 households[1]
• Hampyeong: 2,194 people and 612 households[1]
• 40 other bon-gwan with fewer than 2,000 people each: 27,342 people and 8,496 households[1]

In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language 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.[3]

Given names

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:[4]

1. 門 (문 문 mun mun): "door"
2. 問 (물을 문 mureul mun): "to ask"
3. 聞 (들을 문 teureul mun): "to listen"
4. 文 (글월 문 geulwol mun): "writing"
5. 汶 (물 이름 문 mul ireum mun): the name of a body of water
6. 炆 (따뜻할 문 ddaddeuthal mun): "warm"
7. 紋 (무늬 문 munui mun): "design", "pattern"
8. 們 (들 문 deul mun): plural marker for people
9. 刎 (목 벨 문 mok bel mun): "to decapitate"
10. 吻 (입술 문 ipsul mun): "lips", "to kiss"
11. 紊 (어지러울 문 eojireoul mun, 문란할 문 munnanhal mun): "dizziness", "disorder"
12. 蚊 (모기 문 mogi mun): "mosquito"
13. 雯 (구름 무늬 문 gureum munui mun): "cloud patterned"
14. 抆 (닦을 문 dakkeul mun): "to polish"

People

People with the single-syllable given name Moon include:

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

As name element

Korean names containing the element Moon include:

• Moon-sik (masculine)
• Moon-soo (masculine)
• Ki-moon (masculine)

Notable people with the surname

Main article: List of people with the Korean family name Moon

See also

• List of Korean family names
• List of Korean given names

References

1. "행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
2. "강릉문씨" [Gangneung Moon clan]. Daejeon: Jokbo Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
3. 성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회 [Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion]. National Institute of the Korean Language. 25 June 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
4. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.