Eun-jung explained

Eun-jung
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	Different depending on Hanja
Origin:	Korean
Alternative Spelling:	Eun-jeong, Eun-jong, Un-jeong, Un-jong

Hangul:	은정
Hanja:	,,, and others
Rr:	Eun-jeong
Mr:	Ŭnjŏng
Koreanipa:	[ɯndzʌŋ]

Eun-jung, also spelled Eun-jeong or Eun-jong, Un-jong, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "eun"^[1] and 84 hanja with the reading "jung"^[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It was the third-most common name for baby girls in South Korea in 1970, falling to sixth place in 1980.^[3]

People

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Shin Eun-jung (born 1974), South Korean actress
• Han Eun-jung (born 1980), South Korean actress
• Kim Eun-jung (singer) (김은정, born 1987), South Korean singer, member of K-pop girl group Jewelry
• Hahm Eun-jung (born 1988), South Korean actress and singer, member of K-pop girl group T-ara

Sportspeople

• Chang Eun-jung (born 1970), South Korean field hockey player
• Cho Eun-jung (born 1971), South Korean field hockey player
• Shim Eun-jung (born 1971), South Korean badminton player
• Lee Eun-jung (born 1981), South Korean long-distance runner
• Yi Eun-jung (born 1988), South Korean golfer
• Hong Un-jong (born 1989), North Korean artistic gymnast
• Kim Eun-jung (curler) (born 1990), South Korean curler

See also

• List of Korean given names
• People with the name 은중, which may also be spelled "Eun-jung" in English, but has a different hangul vowel in the second syllable:
  • Kim Eun-jung (writer) (born 1972), South Korean female writer
  • Kim Eun-jung (footballer) (born 1979), South Korean male footballer

Notes and References

1. https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%9D%80&idx=7 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "은"
2. https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%A0%95&idx=8 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "정"
3. Web site: 한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?. babyname.co.kr. 2012-11-09.