Yoon

See also: yoon, yôon, and yōon

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Korean 윤(尹) (Yun).

Proper noun

Yoon (plural Yoons)

1. A surname from Korean.
   • 2023 May 7, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, “Japanese prime minister visits Seoul, resuming ‘shuttle diplomacy’”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 May 2023, Asia‎:

     Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, reciprocating Yoon’s visit to Tokyo in March. In doing so, the two leaders marked the revival of their “shuttle diplomacy” to hold negotiations in each other’s countries and work through a series of thorny issues that have complicated their ties.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yoon is the 2287^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 15936 individuals. Yoon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.89%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• yoon

Noun

Yoon (plural Yoons)

1. (Scotland, informal) Clipping of unionist.

Anagrams

• Yono