Jung-eun
| Jung-eun | |
| Hangul | 정은 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 正恩, 廷恩, 貞恩, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong-eun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Jŏng'ŭn |
Jung-eun, also spelled Jeong-eun or Jong-un, is a Korean unisex given name.
People with this name include:
- Meredith Jung-En Woo (born 1958), Korean American political science professor
- Hong Jung-eun (born 1974), South Korean television screenwriter, part of the Hong Sisters
- Kim Jung-eun (born 1976), South Korean actress
- Park Jung-eun (born 1977), South Korean male basketball player
- Im Jung-eun (born 1981), South Korean actress
- Kim Jong-un (born 1983 or 1984), supreme leader of North Korea since 2011
- Ha Jung-eun (born 1987), South Korean female badminton player
Since Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011, the name is off-limits to anyone else in North Korea and people were forced to change their name to conform to the new rule.[1]
References
- ↑ Choe Sang-hun, In North Korea, No One Can Take the Leader’s Name, in Vain or Otherwise, New York Times, Dec. 3, 2014