Soon-ja, also spelled Sun-ja, is a Korean female given name. According to South Korean government data it was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in 1940.[1] The same characters correspond to a number of Japanese female given names, including the on'yomi reading Junko and the kun'yomi readings Ayako, Masako, Michiko, Nobuko, and Yoshiko.[2] It 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.[3] By 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten.[4]
| Soon-ja | |
| Hangul | 순자 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sun-ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sunja |
People with this name include:
- Soon Ja Du (born 1940), South Korean-born American convenience store owner
- Jeong Sun-ja (born 1947), South Korean diver
- Kim Sun-ja (athlete) (born 1966), South Korean sprinter
- Lee Soon-ja (born 1939), South Korean former first lady, wife of Chun Doo-hwan
- Lee Sun-ja (born 1978), South Korean sprint canoer
- Park Soon-ja (born 1966), South Korean former field hockey player
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연". Korea Economic Daily. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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