Jung-soon, also spelled Jong-sun or Jeong-soon, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning depends on the
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "
jung" and 31 hanja with the reading "soon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
According to South Korean government data, Jung-soon was the
ninth-most popular name for newborn girls in Korea in 1945. It was the only one of the top ten names for girls not ending in "ja".
People with this name include:
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Yang Jeong-soon, South Korean tennis player, bronze medalist in
Tennis at the 1966 Asian Games
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Song Jong-sun (born 1981), North Korean football defender
See also
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List of Korean given names
References
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Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names