Joon (Korean name)

Joon, also spelled Jun, Chun, or June, is a rare Korean family name, as well as a common element in Korean given names.

As a family name
The family name Joon is written with only one hanja, meaning. The 2000 South Korean Census found 72 people with this family name. All belonged to one bon-gwan, from Cheongju.

In given names
There are 34 hanja with the reading "Joon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; the more common ones are listed in the table above.

Single-syllable given name
People with the given name Joon include:
 * Heo Jun (c. 1537 – 1615), Joseon Dynasty court physician
 * Yi Tjoune (1859–1907), late Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire diplomat
 * Choe Jun (1884–1970), South Korean businessman
 * Oh Joon (born 1955), South Korean diplomat
 * Heo Jun (television personality) (born 1977), South Korean television personality
 * Jung Joon (born 1979), South Korean actor
 * Mun Jun (born 1982), South Korean speed skater
 * Park June (born 1986), South Korean professional computer gamer
 * Kwon Jun (born 1987), South Korean footballer
 * Ahn Jun (fl. 2000s), South Korean photographer

People with the stage name "Joon" include:
 * Kim Joon (Kim Hyung-joon, born 1984), South Korean rapper, former member of boy group T-max
 * Lee Joon (Lee Chang-sun, born 1988), South Korean singer, former member of boy group MBLAQ
 * Jun. K (Kim Min-joon, born 1988), South Korean singer-songwriter, member of boy group 2PM
 * Wen Junhui (born 1996), Chinese singer, member of South Korean boy group Seventeen

As name element
A few names containing this syllable have been popular over the years. Jun-young and Joon-ho were popular names for newborn boys in the 1970s through 1990s. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, more names containing this syllable became popular, including Min-jun, Jun-seo, Ye-jun, Hyun-jun, and Seo-jun.

Names beginning with this syllable include:


 * Jun-ha
 * Joon-hee
 * Joon-ho
 * Joon-hyuk
 * Joon-ki
 * Jun-sang
 * Jun-seo
 * Jun-seok
 * Joon-tae
 * Joon-young

Names ending with this syllable include:


 * Byung-joon
 * Dong-jun
 * Ha-joon
 * Hee-joon
 * Ho-jun
 * Hyun-jun
 * Hyung-joon
 * Jae-joon
 * Kyung-joon
 * Min-jun
 * Myung-jun
 * Sang-jun
 * Seo-jun
 * Seung-jun
 * Ye-jun
 * Yong-joon
 * Young-jun