Yoo-jung
| Yoo-jung | |
| Hangul | 유정 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 有貞, 侑玎, 裕貞, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Yu-jeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yujŏng |
| IPA | /jud͡ʑʌŋ/ |
Yoo-jung, also spelled You-jeong or Yu-jeong, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 62 hanja with the reading "yoo" and 75 hanja with the reading "jung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; these are, respectively, the syllables with the fourth and first-largest number of possible hanja with which they could be written (second and third-largest are "ki" with 68 hanja and "su" with 67 hanja).[1]
People with this name include:
Actresses
- Ye Ji-won (born Lee Yoo-jung, 1973), South Korean actress
- Choi Yoo-jung (actress) (born 1976), South Korean actress
- Song Yoo-jung (born 1994), South Korean actress
- Kim Yoo-jung (born 1999), South Korean actress
Singers
- May (singer) (born Bang Yu-jeong, 1982), South Korean female singer in Japan
- Nam Yu-jeong (born 1991), South Korean female singer, member of Brave Girls
- Heo Yujeong (born 1992), South Korean female singer, member of Bob Girls
- Kim Yu-jeong (born 1992), South Korean female singer, member of Laboum
- Moon Yu-jeong (born 1998), South Korean female singer, member of Berry Good
- Choi Yoo-jung (singer) (born 1999), South Korean female singer, member of I.O.I and Weki Meki
Other
- Yujeong (1544–1610), religious name of Samyeongdang, Joseon-era Buddhist monk
- Gim Yujeong (1908–1937), Korean male novelist of the Japanese colonial period
- Jung Yoo-jung (born 1966), South Korean female novelist
- Chae Yoo-jung (born 1995), South Korean female badminton player
- Choi Yu-jung (ice hockey), South Korean female ice hockey player
Fictional characters
- Lee Yoo-jeong, female character in 2008 South Korean film Night and Day, portrayed by Park Eun-hye[2]
- Moon Yu-jeong, female character in 2006 South Korean film Maundy Thursday, portrayed by Lee Na-young
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ↑ Elley, Derek (2008-02-12). "Review: 'Night and Day'". Variety. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
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