Min-jung (name) explained

Min-jung
Hangul:	민정
Hanja:	,,, and others
Mr:	Minjŏng
Rr:	Min-jeong

Min-jung, also spelled Min-jeong, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 75 hanja with the reading "jung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[1]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Seo Min-jung (born 1979), South Korean actress
• Lee Min-jung (born 1982), South Korean actress
• Kim Min-jung (actress) (born 1982), South Korean actress
• Han Yeo-reum (born Seo Min-jeong, 1983), South Korean actress
• Yeo Min-jeong (voice actress) (born 1986), South Korean voice actress
• Winter (singer) (born Kim Min-jeong, 2001), South Korean singer

Sportspeople

• Ku Min-jung (born 1973), South Korean volleyball player
• Kim Min-jung (speed skater) (born 1985), South Korean speed skater
• Kim Min-jung (badminton) (born 1986), South Korean badminton player
• Kwak Min-jeong (born 1994), South Korean figure skater
• Kim Min-jung (judoka) (born 1997), South Korean judoka
• Kim Min-jung (sport shooter) (born 1997), South Korean sport shooter
• Choi Min-jeong (born 1998), South Korean short track speed skater

Other

• Michael Yang (born Yang Min-jeong, 1962), South Korean-born American entrepreneur
• Mina Cheon (born Cheon Min-jeong, 1973), South Korean-born American new media artist
• Kim Min-jeong (poet) (born 1976), South Korean poet

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. Web site: 인명용 한자표 . Table of hanja for use in personal names . Supreme Court . South Korea . ko . August 2007 . 7 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123222/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf . 29 August 2017.