Young-ja

Young-ja
Hangul 영자
Hanja 英子
Revised Romanization Yeong-ja
McCune–Reischauer Yŏng-ja

Young-ja is a Korean female given name. According to South Korean government data, it was the most popular name for baby girls born in 1940.[1] The same characters can be read Eiko in Japanese. It is one of a number of Japanese-style names ending in "ja", like Soon-ja and Jeong-ja, that were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards.[2] By 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten.[3]

People with this name include:

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