Eun-kyung
| Eun-kyung | |
| Hangul | 은경 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 恩京, 恩慶, 恩景, 恩頃, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Eun-gyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ŭn'gyŏng |
Eun-kyung, also spelled as Eun-gyeong, Eun-kyeong, or in North Korea as Un-gyong, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "eun" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] In 1970, Eun-kyung was the 5th-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea, falling to 8th place by 1980.[2]
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Kang Eun-kyung (born 1971), South Korean television screenwriter
- Shin Eun-kyung (born 1973), South Korean actress
- Lim Eun-kyung (born 1984), South Korean actress
- Shim Eun-kyung (born 1994), South Korean actress
Field hockey players
- Chung Eun-kyung (born 1965), member of the South Korean team at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Choi Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1971), member of the South Korean team at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Lee Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1972), member of the South Korean team at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics
- Park Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1975), member of the South Korean team at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics
Other sportspeople
- Chang Eun-kyung (1951–1996), South Korean judo practitioner
- Lee Eun-kyung (volleyball) (born 1961), South Korean volleyball player
- Lee Eun-kyung (archer) (born 1972), South Korean archer
- Ri Un-gyong (born 1980), North Korean football midfielder
- Choi Eun-kyung (born 1984), South Korean short track speed skater
- Choe Un-gyong (wrestler) (born 1991), North Korean freestyle wrestler
- Kim Eun-kyeong (born 1991), South Korean handball player
- Choe Un-gyong (diver) (born 1994), North Korean diver
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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