Seong-ja
| Seong-ja | |
| Hangul | 성자 |
|---|---|
| RR | Seongja |
| MR | Sŏngja |
Seong-ja, also spelled Sung-ja, is a Korean given name. Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). Names ending with this hanja, such as Young-ja and Jeong-ja, were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterward.[1] The hanja used to write the name Seong-ja also correspond to a number of different Japanese given names; for example, both 成子 and 聖子 can be read as the name Seiko.[2]
People with this name include:
- Seund Ja Rhee (1918–2009), South Korean expatriate artist in France
- Shin Seong-Ja (born 1968), South Korean fencer
- Park Sung-Ja (born 1980), South Korean judo practitioner
See also
References
- ^ "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연" [The most popular names? Boys: Young-su → Min-jun, girls: Young-ja → Seo-yeon]. Korea Economic Daily. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.