| Kyung-ja | |
| Hangul | 경자 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 慶子, 敬子, 景子, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeong-ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏng-ja |
Kyung-ja, also spelled Kyong-ja, Kyoung-ja or Gyeong-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. [1] There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 28 hanja with the reading "ja" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [2] Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). The characters used to write this name can also be read as a Japanese female given name Keiko. [3]
Kyung-ja 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. [4] According to South Korean government data, it was the third-most popular name for newborn girls in 1940. [5] However, by 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten. [6]
People with this name include:
- Kyung-ja Chun (1924–2015), South Korean painter
- Choi Kyong-ja (born 1930s), South Korean table tennis player who won several medals between 1957 and 1964
- Na Moon-hee (born Na Kyung-ja, 1941), South Korean actress
- Yi Kyoung-ja (born 1948), South Korean writer
- An Gyeong-ja (born 1950), South Korean volleyball player
- Byon Kyung-ja (born 1956), South Korean former volleyball player
- Lee Kyung-ja (born 1964), South Korean speed skater
- Moon Gyeong-ja (born 1965), South Korean former basketball player
- Kim Gyeong-ja (born 1970), one of the hostages in the 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan
- Cho Kyung-ja, South Korean table tennis player
- ^ "경자, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연". Korea Economic Daily. 2007-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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| Kyung-ja | |
| Hangul | 경자 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 慶子, 敬子, 景子, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeong-ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏng-ja |
Kyung-ja, also spelled Kyong-ja, Kyoung-ja or Gyeong-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. [1] There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 28 hanja with the reading "ja" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [2] Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). The characters used to write this name can also be read as a Japanese female given name Keiko. [3]
Kyung-ja 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. [4] According to South Korean government data, it was the third-most popular name for newborn girls in 1940. [5] However, by 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten. [6]
People with this name include:
- Kyung-ja Chun (1924–2015), South Korean painter
- Choi Kyong-ja (born 1930s), South Korean table tennis player who won several medals between 1957 and 1964
- Na Moon-hee (born Na Kyung-ja, 1941), South Korean actress
- Yi Kyoung-ja (born 1948), South Korean writer
- An Gyeong-ja (born 1950), South Korean volleyball player
- Byon Kyung-ja (born 1956), South Korean former volleyball player
- Lee Kyung-ja (born 1964), South Korean speed skater
- Moon Gyeong-ja (born 1965), South Korean former basketball player
- Kim Gyeong-ja (born 1970), one of the hostages in the 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan
- Cho Kyung-ja, South Korean table tennis player
- ^ "경자, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연". Korea Economic Daily. 2007-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.