Eun-kyung
| Pronunciation | /ʊn.kjəŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Eun-kyoung, Eun-kyeong, Eun-kyong, Eun-gyung, Eun-gyoung, Eun-gyeong, Un-kyong, Un-gyong |
| Eun-kyung | |
| Hangul | 은경 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Eun-gyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ŭngyŏng |
| IPA | [ɯnkjʌŋ], [ɯngjʌŋ] |
Eun-kyung, also spelled Eun-kyeong, or Eun-kyong, Eun-gyoung, Un-kyong, 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 30 hanja with the reading "eun"[1] and 74 hanja with the reading "kyung"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. In 1970, Eun-kyung was the 5th-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea, falling to 8th place by 1980.[3]
People with this name include:
Entertainers
[edit]- 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
Sportspeople
[edit]- Chang Eun-kyung (1951–1996), South Korean judo practitioner
- Lee Eun-kyung (volleyball) (born 1961), South Korean volleyball player
- Chung Eun-kyung (born 1965), South Korean field hockey player
- Choi Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1971), South Korean field hockey player
- Lee Eun-kyung (archer) (born 1972), South Korean archer
- Lee Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1972), South Korean field hockey player
- Park Eun-kyung (field hockey) (born 1975), South Korean field hockey player
- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "은"
- ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "경"
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.