| Pronunciation | /dʒʌŋ.ʊn/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Jung-eun, Jeong-un, Jong-eun, Jong-un |
| Jeong-eun | |
| Hangul | 정은 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 正恩, 廷恩, 貞銀, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong-eun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng'ŭn |
| IPA | , |
Jeong-eun, also spelled Jung-eun, Jeong-un, or 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. As of December 2018, regulations of South Korea's Supreme Court list 84 hanja with the reading jeong and 30 hanja with the reading eun which may be registered for use in given names. The Seoul-based Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported, based on a document obtained by North Korean defector and KBS employee Park Jin-hee, that beginning in January 2011 North Korea banned birth registrations using the name Kim Jong-un and required existing bearers of the name to change to a different name. The authenticity of the document could not be confirmed.
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- 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
- Heo Jung-eun (born 2007), South Korean actress
Sportspeople
- Jeong Jeong-eun (born 1945), South Korean volleyball player
- Park Jung-eun (born 1977), South Korean basketball player
- Kim Jung-eun (basketball) (born 1987), South Korean basketball player
- Ha Jung-eun (born 1987), South Korean badminton player
- Lee Jung-eun (sport shooter) (born 1987), South Korean sport shooter
- Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1988), South Korean golfer
- Lee Jung-eun (judoka) (born 1988), South Korean judo practitioner
- Seo Jung-eun (born 1991), South Korean field hockey player
- Lee Jeong-eun (racewalker) (born 1994), South Korean racewalker
- Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1996), South Korean golfer
Other
- Meredith Jung-En Woo (born 1958), South Korean-born American academic and author
- Hwang Jung-eun (born 1976), South Korean writer and podcaster
- Kim Jong Un (born 1982), North Korean politician
See also
References
- 가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 규칙 [Regulations on Registration of Family Relations] (Regulation 2954) (in Korean). 29 January 2021.
- "North Korea directive reveals apparent ban on sharing Kim Jong-un's name". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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