Soon-ja

Soon-ja, also spelled Sun-ja, is a Korean female given name. According to South Korean government data it was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in 1940.[1] The same characters correspond to a number of Japanese female given names, including the on'yomi reading Junko and the kun'yomi readings Ayako, Masako, Michiko, Nobuko, and Yoshiko.[2] It is one of a number of Japanese-style names ending in "ja", like Young-ja and Jeong-ja, that were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards.[3] By 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten.[4]

Soon-ja
Hangul
순자
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSun-ja
McCune–ReischauerSunja

People with this name include:

  • Soon Ja Du (born 1940), Korean American convenience store owner
  • Lee Soon-ja (이순자, born 1939), South Korean former first lady, wife of Chun Doo-hwan
  • Lee Sun-Ja (born 1978), South Korean sprint canoer
  • Park Soon-Ja (born 1966), South Korean former field hockey player

See also

References
  1. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  3. "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연". Korea Economic Daily. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  4. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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