Eun-ju
| Eun-ju | |
| Hangul | 은주 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Eun-ju |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ŭnju |
Eun-ju, also spelled Eun-joo or Un-ju, is a Korean feminine given name. It was the sixth-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1970.[1] The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "eun" and 56 hanja with the reading "ju" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]
People with this name include:
- Sportspeople
- Lee Eun-ju (basketball) (born 1977), South Korean basketball player
- Ha Eun-ju (born 1986), South Korean swimmer
- Jung Eun-ju (born 1988), South Korean short track speed skater
- Kim Un-ju (born 1989), North Korean weightlifter
- Kang Un-ju (born 1995), North Korean recurve archer
- Entertainers
- Lee Eun-ju (1980–2005), South Korean actress
- Cho Eun-ju (born 1983), South Korean beauty pageant titleholder
- Go Joon-hee (born 1985 as Kim Eun-joo), South Korean actress
- Jung Hye-sung (born Jung Eun-joo, 1991), South Korean actress
- Jung Eun-ju (Miss World Korea) (born 1993), South Korean beauty pageant titleholder
- Other
- Michelle Eunjoo Park Steel (born 1955), South Korean-born American politician
- Eliza Yang (Korean name Yang Eunju), American writer of Korean descent
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Kim Eun-joo, in 2000 South Korean film Il Mare
- Heo Eun-joo, in 2003 South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters
- Kim Eun-joo, in 2012 South Korean television series Missing You
See also
References
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