Mi-ja is a
Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 33 hanja with the reading "mi" and 28 hanja with the reading "ja" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (). Names ending with this hanja, such as
Young-ja and
Jeong-ja, were popular when
Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards.
People with this name include:
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Lee Mi-ja (born 1941), South Korean trot singer
*Son Mi-ja (born 1944), stage name
Yoon Jeong-hee, South Korean actress
*Son Mi-ja (born 1961), stage name
Geum Bo-ra, South Korean actress
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Lee Mi-ja (basketball)
Lee Mi-ja (born 6 September 1963) is a South Korean former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an internati ...
(born 1963), South Korean basketball player
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Kim Mi-ja (born 1967), South Korean sprint canoer
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Jeong Mi-ja (born 1970), South Korean long-distance runner who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Oh Mi-ja (born 1970), South Korean long-distance runner who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
Fictional characters with this name include:
*Yun Mija, in 2011 Thai martial arts film ''
The Kick''
*Mija, in 2017 South Korean adventure film ''
Okja''
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
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Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names