Moreover, 4 famous people with this surname are Kim Junmyeon, Kim Minseok, Kim Jongin, and Kim Jongdae from the boyband Exo, give them a listen.
― Anonymous User 4/30/2019
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3 famous bearers of this name are Kim Namjoon, Kim Seokjin and Kim Taehyung of the South Korean boyband BTS.
― Anonymous User 2/3/2019
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I'm not quite sure where 김 came from, unfortunately, but 금 is the character that means gold in Korean, and it's a different syllable entirely. Did it become 김 over time? I couldn't say, because I don't have the documentation to prove it one way or the other.
Source: https://forebears.io/surnames/kim