Soon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soon"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 孫／孙 (Mandarin: Sūn, Cantonese: syun¹, Min Nan: Sun), also spelled as Sun.

Proper noun

Soon (plural Soons)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Soon is the 30,980^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 750 individuals. Soon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (68.0%) and Multi-racial (17.2%) individuals.

Anagrams

• noos, noso-, onos, oons, sono-

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Sun
• Son

Etymology

Derived from Hokkien 孫／孙 (Sun), via English Soon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsun/ [ˈsun̪]
• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: Soon

Proper noun

Soon (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien