Jeon (Korean name)
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| Jeon (Korean name) | |
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| Hangul | 전 |
| Hanja | 全, 田, 錢 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏn |
Jeon(Jēn) is a rare Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 687,867 people by this name in South Korea. english mark use to Jeon, Jun, Cheon, Chun, etc.
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[edit] origin
[edit] 全 : Quan, Chyun
- from Zhou Dynasty public office(官職) name
- from Quan Town(全地), place of ancient china
- from surname Quan(泉:Chun) in Three Kingdoms, 200~300 AD
- from Wan Quan(万全:Man Jeon), Mongol people in Yuan Dynasty 1200 AD
- from Jeon Seop(全聶) of Baekje(百濟) 10 BC, he is worker for Onjo of Baekje
[edit] 田 : Tian, Tin
- from Gui(嬀) clan of Qi (state)
- from surname Huang(黄)
- from surname Guan(官)
- from Tian Feng(田豊) of Hubei
- from South Korea
[edit] 錢 : Jian, Qian
- from Chu (state) people Qian Liu of Wuyue, he offspring take surname Jin(金, Kim)
[edit] List of famous Jeons
- Jeon Ji Yoon (4minute)
- Jeon Boram (T-ara)
- Jeon Hyosung (Secret)
- Jeon Du-hwan
- Jun Jae-youn
- Jeon Byung Wook
- Jeon Do-yeon
- Jeon Hye Bin
- Jeon Jae Hyen
- Jeon Hyo-sung
- Ha Ji Won (her real name is Jeon Hae-Rim)
- Michael Jeon, God of Shorts
- Jeon Yeo-ok
[edit] See also
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