Jung-min, also spelled Jeong-min or Chung-min, 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 27 hanja with the reading "min" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
Jung-min | |
Hangul | 정민 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jeong-min |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏngmin |
People with this name include:
Entertainers
edit- Seo Jeong-min (born 1934), South Korean cinematographer
- Kim Jung-min (entertainer) (born Kim Jung-soo, 1968), South Korean actor and singer
- Hwang Jung-min (born 1970), South Korean actor
- Bae Jeong-min (born 1974), South Korean voice actress
- Heo Jung-min (born 1982), South Korean actor
- Shin So-yul (born Kim Jung-min, 1985), South Korean actress
- Park Jeong-min (actor) (born 1987), South Korean actor
- Park Jung-min (singer) (born 1987), South Korean singer, member of boy band SS501
- Seo Eun-soo (born Lee Jeong-min, 1994), South Korean actress
Sportspeople
edit- Choi Chung-min (1930–1983), South Korean football striker
- Yang Jung-min (born 1986), South Korean football defender (Chinese Super League)
- Park Jeong-min (footballer) (born 1988), South Korean football forward (Korea National League)
- Lee Jeong-min (born 1990), South Korean football defender (Philippines Football League)
- Kim Jung-min (footballer) (born 1999), South Korean football midfielder (Austrian First League)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.