Gaon

Gender
Unisex (Masculine & Feminine | Boys and Girls)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
"excellence"
Scripts(How to write)
etc.(Korean Hanja)
גאון
歌穩,
가온(Korean Hangul)
Pronunciation
KA-ON
gah-OWN
Popularity
Gaon is not a common name outside of the Jewish community.

cartoon of the name Gaon
Cartoon of Gaon

Gaon Name meanings & History

"excellence". Shortened from 가온대/가온데/가온듸 (gaondae/gaonde/gaondui), archaic variants of the word 가운데 (gaunde) meaning "centre, middle." It can also be written into hanja, combining a ga hanja, e.g. 歌 meaning "song," with an on hanja, e.g. 穩 meaning "comfortable; calm, quiet.". Gaon is mostly used as a first name for boys, although it can also be used as a surname.

Zodiac Sign of Gaon: Gregarious Gemini,Go-getter Virgo

Synonyms of Gaon:

G: Go-getter,Goof-off,Genuine,Gregarious

A: Action,Aggressive,Angry,Argumentative,Ambitious,Assertive

O: Obsessive,Ostentatious,Obsolete,Organized,Obstinate

N: Nagging,Nervous,Nutrition,Neurosis,Neat,Nitpicking,Nice

Gaon is:

  • a Formal name
  • a Unintellectual name
  • a Upper Class name
  • a Urban name

Famous People

As a first name, Gaon is not well-known, but as a surname, it has been adopted by several Jewish scholars and rabbis throughout history, including Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, widely known as the Vilna Gaon.

Related Names to Gaon

Gavriel, Elon, Ari

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