Gun (Korean name)

Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names.

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
• So Geon (born 2006), member of idol group NEXZ

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

• Gun, a character from the horror comic series Witch Creek Road
• List of Korean given names

References