Jung-won

Jung-won
Hangul	정원
Hanja	正源, 貞源, 貞媛, and others
Revised Romanization	Jeong-won
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng'wŏn
IPA	[dzʌŋwʌ̹n]

Jung-won, also spelled Jeong-won, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "jeong" and 11 hanja with the reading "won" among the Basic Hanja for educational use, and another 66 with the reading "jeong" and 34 with the reading "won" in the Table of Hanja for Personal Name Use as of December 2018.

People with this name include:

• Kim Jung-won (born 1931), South Korean politician
• Ha Jung-won (born 1942), North Korean football defender
• Park Jung-won (born 1962), South Korean businessman, chairman of Doosan Group, owner of Doosan Bears and chairman of Doosan E & C
• Choi Jung-won (born 1969), South Korean actress
• Seo Jung-won (born 1970), South Korean football coach
• Moon Jeong-won (born 1980), South Korean florist and wife of TV presenter, comedian, actor, and singer Lee Hwi-jae
• Choi Jung-won (born 1981), South Korean actress
• Choi Jung-won (singer) (born 1981), South Korean singer
• Han Jung-won (born 1984), South Korean basketball player
• Park Jung-won (born 1987), South Korean actor
• Cha Jung-won (born Cha Mi-young, 1989), South Korean actress
• Choi Jung-won (speed skater) (born 1990), South Korean female short track speed skater
• Jang Jung-won (born 1992), South Korean football midfielder

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Jung-won, male lead character in 1998 South Korean film Christmas in August
• Kang Jung-won, male lead character in 2003 South Korean film The Uninvited
• Yoo Jung-won, female character in 2008 South Korean film Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Hanam Jungwon (하남중원; 1876–1951), dharma name of Korean Buddhist monk
• Kim Jung-won (김중원; born 1973), North Korean long-distance runner
• Lee Jung-won (이중원; born 1989), South Korean male football fullback (K-League)