Mun Family History
Mun Name Meaning
English: variant of Munn . Korean: written 문 in Chinese characters 文 meaning ‘writing’ or ‘literature’ and 門 meaning ‘doors’ or ‘gates’. There are only these two Chinese characters for the surname Mun. Although some records indicate that there are as many as 131 Mun clans only three can be traced. The founding ancestor of the oldest of these the Namp’yŏng Mun clan was named Mun Ta-sŏng and was born in 47 According to legend he was found by Shilla King Chabi Maripkan in a stone box at the end of a rainbow by a lotus pond. The Chinese character Mun was inscribed in the box so the king gave that as a surname to the child. The founders of the other two Mun clans were originally named Cha and Kim but after studying in China they changed their names to Mun (because of the meaning of the Chinese character 文 explained above). Compare Moon Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 門 see Men Chinese: variant of Man .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022