Jeong-eun
# Jeong-eun

Jeong-eun, also spelled Jung-eun, Jeong-un, or Jong-un, is a Korean unisex given name. In South Korea, it is overwhelmingly used as a female name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. As of December 2018, regulations of South Korea's Supreme Court list 84 hanja with the reading jeong and 30 hanja with the reading eun which may be registered for use in given names. The Seoul-based Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported, based on a document obtained by North Korean defector and KBS employee Park Jin-hee, that beginning in January 2011 North Korea banned birth registrations using the name Kim Jong-un and required existing bearers of the name to change to a different name. The authenticity of the document could not be confirmed.

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 Ji-woo (born Kim Jeong-eun, 1983), South Korean actress
* Im Jung-eun (born 1981), South Korean actress
* Jo Jung-eun (born 1996), South Korean actress
* Heo Jung-eun (born 2007), South Korean actress

## Sportspeople

* Jeong Jeong-eun (born 1945), South Korean female volleyball player
* Park Jung-eun (born 1977), South Korean female basketball player
* Kim Jung-eun (basketball) (born 1987), South Korean female basketball player
* Ha Jung-eun (born 1987), South Korean female badminton player
* Lee Jung-eun (sport shooter) (born 1987), South Korean female sport shooter
* Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1988), South Korean female golfer
* Lee Jung-eun (judoka) (born 1988), South Korean female judo practitioner
* Seo Jung-eun (born 1991), South Korean female field hockey player
* Lee Jeong-eun (racewalker) (born 1994), South Korean female racewalker
* Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1996), South Korean female golfer, 2019 U.S. Women's Open champion

## Other

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