Jeon (Korean name)

"Chun" redirects here. For a district of Phayao Province in Thailand, see Amphoe Chun.

See also: Quan, Chen, Qian (surname), Tian, and Jin (surname)

Jeon (Korean name)
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.

origin

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

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 koreawdajwdjiwadjwdan
  • Jeon Fung(田豊) of Namyang jeon clan at goryeo age
  • Jeon Duc Si(田得時) of Damyang jeon clan (area of baekje)
  • Jeon Jong Hoi(田宗會) of Yeonggwang jeon clan (area of baekje)

錢 : Jian, Qian

• from Chu (state) people Qian Liu of Wuyue, he offspring take surname Jin(金, Kim)

List of famous Jeons

• Jeon Ji Yoon (4minute)
• Jeon Boram (T-ara)
• 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)

See also

• List of Korean family names
• Korean name
• Castle of Jeon
• List of Korea-related topics