What is "jung-eun"

Jung-eun, also spelled Jeong-eun or Jong-un, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading " jung" and 26 hanja with the reading " eun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. In North Korea, soon after Kim Jong-un came to power, the North Korean government promulgated a new decree forbidding other uses of his name, and people with that name were forced to change it to conform to the new rule.

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Hong Jung-eun (born 1974), South Korean television screenwriter, one of the Hong Sisters
• Kim Jung-eun (born 1976), South Korean actress
• Kim Jung-eun (born 1983), the real name of the South Korean actress Kim Ji-woo
• Im Jung-eun (born 1981), South Korean actress
• Jo Jung-eun (born 1996), South Korean actress

Sportspeople

• Park Jung-eun (born 1977), South Korean male basketball player
• Ha Jung-eun (born 1987), South Korean female badminton player
• Lee Jung-eun (born 1988), South Korean female judo practitioner
• Lee Jeong-eun (born 1994), South Korean female racewalker

Other

• Meredith Jung-En Woo (born 1958), South Korean-born American female political science professor
• Hwang Jung-eun (born 1976), South Korean writer and podcaster
• Kim Jong-un (born 1983 or 1984), supreme leader of North Korea since 2011