Gyeon (甄), (堅) is a
Korean surname.
Meaning
Gyeon comes from the
Sino-Korean ''京 (gyeong)'' meaning "capital city", ''景 (gyeong)'' meaning "scenery, view", ''敬 (gyeong)'' meaning "respect, honour", or other
hanja characters with the same pronunciation.
It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name.
甄 (Zhen)
Gyeon (甄) is a Chinese–Korean surname. It has two Chinese dialects:
Zhen and
Jian. This is due to the change of dialect by
Sun Quan
Sun Quan (, Chinese: 孫權) (183 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou (), posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of the Eastern Wu dynasty, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime es ...
. In the
Korean language it also has two dialects: Gyeon and
Jin.
堅 (Jian)
Gyeon Quan (堅權) was a general during the early
Goryeo dynasty in the 10th century AD.
See also
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Jeon (Korean name)
Jeon (전), also often spelled Jun, Chun or Chon, is a common Korean family name. As of the South Korean census of 2000, there were 687,867 people with this name in South Korea. It can be written with three different hanja, each with different me ...
Korean-language surnames
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