Jung (Korean given name)

Not to be confused with Jung (Korean surname).
Jung
Hangul
Hanja

Revised Romanization Jeong
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng

Jung, also spelled Jeong or Chong, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names, one of the most numerous among all Korean language syllables; 73 are listed in the table at right (two are not displayed due to encoding issues).[1]

People

People with the single-syllable name Jeong include:

As a name element

According to South Korean government data, many names containing the element "Jung" were popular for newborn Korean boys and girls in the mid-to-late 20th century, but by 1990, no name containing this element appeared in the top 10.[2] Popular names included:

Masculine
  • Jung-ho (5th place in 1950, 4th place in 1960, 7th place in 1970)
  • Jung-hoon (10th place in 1960, 1st place in 1970, 3rd place in 1980)

Feminine

Other names containing this element include:

First syllable

 

Second syllable

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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