Jung-eun
Jung-eun, also spelled Jeong-eun, or Jeong-un, Jong-un, is a Korean unisex given name. In South Korea, it is overwhelmingly used as a female name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 84 hanja with the reading "jung"[1] and 30 hanja with the reading "eun"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. In North Korea, soon after Kim Jong-un came to power, the North Korean government promulgated a new decree forbidding other uses of his name, and people with that name were forced to change it to conform to the new rule.[3]
| Pronunciation | /dʒʌŋ.ʊn/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Jeong-eun, Jeong-un, Jong-eun, Jong-un |
| Jung-eun | |
| Hangul | 정은 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong-eun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng'ŭn |
| IPA | [dzʌŋɯn], [tsʌŋɯn] |
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Hong Jung-eun (born 1974), South Korean television screenwriter, one of the Hong sisters
- Kim Jung-eun (born 1976), South Korean actress
- Kim Ji-woo (born Kim Jeong-eun, 1983), South Korean actress
- Im Jung-eun (born 1981), South Korean actress
- Jo Jung-eun (born 1996), South Korean actress
- Kim Lip (born Kim Jung-eun, 1999), South Korean female singer, member of Loona
- Heo Jung-eun (born 2007), South Korean actress
Sportspeople
- Jeong Jeong-eun (born 1945), South Korean female volleyball player
- Park Jung-eun (born 1977), South Korean female basketball player
- Kim Jung-eun (basketball) (born 1987), South Korean female basketball player
- Ha Jung-eun (born 1987), South Korean female badminton player
- Lee Jung-eun (sport shooter) (born 1987), South Korean female sport shooter
- Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1988), South Korean female golfer
- Lee Jung-eun (judoka) (born 1988), South Korean female judo practitioner
- Seo Jung-eun (born 1991), South Korean female field hockey player
- Lee Jeong-eun (racewalker) (born 1994), South Korean female racewalker
- Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1996), South Korean female golfer, 2019 U.S. Women's Open champion
Other
- Meredith Jung-En Woo (born 1958), South Korean-born American female political science professor
- Hwang Jung-eun (born 1976), South Korean female writer and podcaster
- Kim Jong-un (born 1983 or 1984), supreme leader of North Korea since 2011, son of Kim Jong-il
See also
References
- 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "정"
- 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "은"
- Choe Sang-hun (3 December 2014). "North Korea Has Room for Only One Jong-un". The New York Times.
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