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Jeong-eun
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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:
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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
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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 leader
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References
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