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Hangul
  
영자

Revised Romanization
  
Yeong-ja

Hanja
  
英子

McCune–Reischauer
  
Yŏng-ja

Young-ja is a Korean female given name. According to South Korean government data, it was the most popular name for baby girls born in 1940. The same characters can be read Eiko in Japanese. It is one of a number of Japanese-style names ending in "ja", like Soon-ja and Jeong-ja, that were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards. By 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten.

People with this name include:

  • Young-ja Cho (born 1951), South Korean sculptor
  • Young-ja Lee (born 1936), South Korean music educator and composer
  • Lee Young-ja (handballer) (born 1964), South Korean team handball player and Olympic medalist.
  • Kim Young-ja (born 1949), South Korean former volleyball player
  • Yang Young-ja (born 1964), South Korean former female table tennis player

    • References

    Young-ja Wikipedia
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