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]

Jung-eun
Pronunciation/ʌŋ.ʊn/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingJeong-eun, Jeong-un, Jong-eun, Jong-un
Jung-eun
Hangul
정은
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationJeong-eun
McCune–ReischauerChŏng'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

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
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See also

References

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