Yeon
| Yeon | |
| Hangul | 연 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏn |
Yeonor less commonlyYoun(연) is aKorean surname.The name may correspond to theChinese surnamesYan( yến, diên ) orLian( liên ). The hanja diên is much more common than yến and liên.[1]Yeon may also refer to the extinct surname ( uyên ).
Origin
[edit]Yến
[edit]Yến (제비 연jebiyeon) was the surname of theYeon clan,one of theGreat Eight FamiliesofBaekje.This surname is extremely rare in the present-day with a few clans such as the Jeonju Yeon clan and the Jeongpyeong Yeon clan. The character literally meansbarn swallow.According to the 2015 census, 20 people had this surname.[1]
Diên
[edit]Diên (늘일 연neuril yeon) is the most common hanja character used for the surname "Yeon". The most commonbon-gwanis theGoksan Yeon clan(곡산 연씨), whose ancestor Yeon Gye-ryeong originated fromHongnong Commanderyand later went to Goryeo. During theJoseon dynasty,theJapanesesurname Nobu ( diên ) was naturalized into Korean as Yeon. According to the 2015 census, 34,766 people had this surname.[1]
Liên
[edit]The Naju Yeon clan uses the hanja character ( liên, 잇닿을 연itdaeul yeon) to denote their surname. They are the descendants ofYeon Ju,who contributed to the founding ofGoryeo.According to the 2015 census, 59 people had this surname.[1]
Uyên (Extinct)
[edit]Yeon ( uyên ) was the surname ofYeon Gaesomun,a general ofGoguryeo.It became extinct when this family emigrated to theTang dynasty,with the remaining family members changing their surname due to the naming taboo; the personal name of the first Tang emperor, Li Yuan ( lý uyên ) used the character, uyên and it was illegal for one's surname to be the same as the emperor's name.
Notable people
[edit]- Yeon Gaesomun(594–666),Goguryeomilitary leader
- Yeon Gyu-jin,South Korean actor
- Yeon Ja-yu,Goguryeostatesman and father of Yeon Gaesomun
- Yeon Joon-seok(born 1995), South Korean actor
- Yeon Jung-hoon(born 1978), South Korean actor and television personality
- Kwangchul Youn(born 1966), South Korean operatic bass based in Germany
- Yeon Sang-ho(born 1978), South Korean film director and screenwriter
- Steven Yeun(born 1983), American actor
References
[edit]- ^abcd"성씨·본관별 인구(5인 이상) - 전국 - 2015"(in Korean). KOrean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS).Retrieved2 December2020.
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