| Eun-young | |
| Hangul | 은영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Eun-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ŭnyŏng |
| IPA | [ɯnjʌŋ] |
Eun-young, also spelled Eun-yeong is a Korean feminine given name.[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 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in personal names.[2] It was the eighth-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980.[3]
People with this name include:
Sportspeople
- Nam Eun-young (born 1970), South Korean team handball player
- Cho Eun-young (born 1972), South Korean sport shooter
- Lee Eun-young (field hockey) (born 1974), South Korean field hockey player
- Lee Eun-young (taekwondo) (fl. 1987–1989), South Korean taekwondo athlete
Entertainers
- WoongSan (born Kim Eun-young, 1973), South Korean jazz musician
- Cheetah (rapper) (born Kim Eun-young, 1990), South Korean rapper
- Oh Eun-young (born 1985), South Korean television hostess
- Ben (South Korean singer) (born Lee Eun-young, 1991), South Korean singer
Other
- Choi Eun-young (born 1984), South Korean writer
- Song Eunyoung, South Korean fashion designer, co-founder of E. Y. Wada
Fictional characters
- Eun-yeong, lead character of the 2008 South Korean film Beautiful
- Ahn Eun-young, titular character of the 2020 South Korean drama School Nurse Ahn Eun-young
- Eun-yeoung Baek, secondary main character of the manhwa No Home
See also
References
- ↑ "은영, 이름검색". Erumy Naming Service. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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