Eun-jung

Eun-jung
Hangul	은정
Hanja	恩廷, 恩婷, 慇晶, and others
Revised Romanization	Eun-jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ŭnjŏng

Eun-jung, also spelled Eun-jeong or Un-jong, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "eun" 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] Eun-jung was the third-most common name for baby girls in South Korea in 1970, falling to sixth place in 1980.^[2]

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

References

1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
2. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.