Pronunciation | /dʒʌŋ.ʊn/ |
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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 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jeong-eun |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng'ŭn |
IPA | [dzʌŋɯn], [tsʌŋɯn] |
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 [update], 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. [1] 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. [2]
People with this name include:
Pronunciation | /dʒʌŋ.ʊn/ |
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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 | |
Revised Romanization | Jeong-eun |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng'ŭn |
IPA | [dzʌŋɯn], [tsʌŋɯn] |
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 [update], 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. [1] 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. [2]
People with this name include: