Eun-jung

Eun-jung, also spelled Eun-jeong or Eun-jong, Un-jong, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "eun"^[1] and 84 hanja with the reading "jung"^[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It was the third-most common name for baby girls in South Korea in 1970, falling to sixth place in 1980.^[3]

Eun-jung

Pronunciation	/ʊn.dʒʌŋ/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Korean
Meaning	Different depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spelling	Eun-jeong, Eun-jong, Un-jeong, Un-jong

Eun-jung
Hangul	은정
Hanja	恩貞, 恩廷, 銀晶, and others
Revised Romanization	Eun-jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ŭnjŏng
IPA	[ɯndzʌŋ]

People

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Shin Eun-jung (born 1974), South Korean actress
• Han Eun-jung (born 1980), South Korean actress
• Hahm Eun-jung (born 1988), South Korean actress and singer, member of girl group T-ara

Sportspeople

• Chang Eun-jung (born 1970), South Korean field hockey player
• Cho Eun-jung (born 1971), South Korean field hockey player
• Shim Eun-jung (born 1971), South Korean badminton player
• Lee Eun-jung (born 1981), South Korean long-distance runner
• Yi Eun-jung (born 1988), South Korean golfer
• Hong Un-jong (born 1989), North Korean artistic gymnast
• Kim Eun-jung (curler) (born 1990), South Korean curler

See also

• List of Korean given names
• People with the name 은중, which may also be spelled "Eun-jung" in English, but has a different hangul vowel in the second syllable:
  • Kim Eun-jung (writer) (born 1972), South Korean female writer
  • Kim Eun-jung (footballer) (born 1979), South Korean male footballer