Jung-won
| Jung-won | |
| Hangul | 정원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 正源, 貞媛, 貞洹, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong-won |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng'wŏn |
Jung-won is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" and 35 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People with this name include:
- Ha Jung-won (born 1942), North Korean male football defender
- Choi Jung-won (actress, born 1969), South Korean actress
- Seo Jung-won (born 1970), South Korean male football coach
- Choi Jung-won (actress, born 1981), South Korean actress
- Choi Jung-won (singer) (born 1981), South Korean male singer
- Choi Jung-won (speed skater) (born 1990), South Korean female short track speed skater
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Jung-won, male lead character in 1998 South Korean film Christmas in August
- Kang Jung-won, male lead character in 2003 South Korean film The Uninvited
- Yoo Jung-won, female character in 2008 South Korean film Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
See also
- List of Korean given names
- Hanam Jungwon (하남중원, 1876–1951), dharma name of Korean Buddhist monk
- Lee Jung-won (이중원, born 1989), South Korean male football fullback (K-League)
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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