Chun-ja (name)

Chun-ja is a Korean feminine given name.

Chun-ja
Hangul
춘자
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChun-ja
McCune–ReischauerCh'un-ja

Hanja and meaning

The name Chun-ja is generally written with hanja meaning "spring child" (春子; 봄 춘; bom chun; 아들 자; adeul ja), though there are three other characters with the reading "chun" on the South Korean government's list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] Those same characters may also be read as the Japanese feminine given name Haruko.[2]

Chun-ja is one of a number of Japanese-style names ending in "ja", like Young-ja and Jeong-ja, that were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards. According to South Korean government data, Chun-ja was the fourth-most popular name for newborn girls in 1945, with nine out of the top ten names for girls that year ending in "ja".[3] However, by 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten.[4]

People

People with this name include:

  • Ryom Chun-ja (born 1942), North Korean volleyball player
  • Ryoo Choon-za (born 1943), North Korean speed skater
  • Yu Chun-ja (born 1945), South Koeran volleyball player
  • Chunja (singer), stage name of Hong Su-yeon (born 1979), South Korean singer
  • Lee Chae-won (born Lee Chun-ja, 1981), South Korean cross country skier

See also

References
  1. 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 42. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. "요즘 인기있는 이름 1위? 남자-'민준' 여자-'서연'" [The most popular name these days? Boys: 'Min-jun', Girls: 'Seo-yeon']. The Chosun Ilbo. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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