| Pronunciation | /hjʌn.dʒun/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Hyun-joon, Hyeon-jun, Hyeon-joon, Hyon-joon, Hyon-jun |
| Hyun-jun | |
| Hangul | 현준 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hyeon-jun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hyŏnjun |
| IPA | [hjʌndzun] |
Hyun-jun, also spelled Hyun-joon, Hyeon-jun, Hyeon-joon, Hyon-jun, or Hyon-joon, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 43 hanja with the reading "joon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1][2] It previously ranked as the eighth-most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea, with 1,636 being given the name in 2008 and 1,681 in 2009.[3][4]
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Shin Hyun-joon (actor) (born 1968), South Korean actor
- Nam Hyun-joon (born 1979), South Korean rapper
- June (singer) (born Joo Hyun-joon, 1987), South Korean R&B singer in Japan
- Hur Hyun-jun (born 2000), South Korean singer and actor, former member of The Boyz
Sportspeople
- Kim Hyun-jun (1960–1999), South Korean basketball player
- Son Hyun-jun (born 1972), South Korean football defender
- Shin Hyun-joon (footballer) (born 1983), South Korean football midfielder
- Lim Hyun-jun (born 1988), South Korean baseball player
- Suk Hyun-jun (born 1991), South Korean football striker
- Kim Hyeon-jun (born 1992), South Korean sport shooter
- Ku Hyun-jun (born 1993), South Korean football defender
- Hwang Hyeon-jun (born 1997), South Korean curler
Others
- Shin Hyun-joon (general) (1915–2007), South Korean general, first commander of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps
- Han Hyun-jun (born 1960), South Korean businessman, president of metalworking firm TaeguTec
- Dimo Hyun Jun Kim (born 1991), South Korean theatre director and producer
- Hyunjune Sebastian Seung, American physicist and neuroscientist of Korean descent
Fictional characters
- Kim Hyun-jun, in 2009 South Korean television series Iris
- Park Hyun-joon, in 2013 South Korean television series Pots of Gold
References
- ↑ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "준"
- ↑ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "현"
- ↑ 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on January 22, 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- ↑ "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아". Law Times. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
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