Kyung-ja, also spelled Kyong-ja, Kyoung-ja or Gyeong-ja, is a Korean given name. Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). The characters used to write this name can also be read as a Japanese female given name Keiko.
Kyung-ja 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. According to South Korean government data, it was the third-most popular name for newborn girls in 1940. However, by 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten.
People with this name include: Kyung-ja Chun (1924–2015), South Korean painter Choi Kyong-ja (born 1930s), South Korean table tennis player who won several medals between 1957 and 1964 Na Moon-hee (born Na Kyung-ja, 1941), South Korean actress Yi Kyoung-ja (born 1948), South Korean writer An Gyeong-ja (born 1950), South Korean volleyball player Byon Kyung-ja (born 1956), South Korean former volleyball player Lee Kyung-ja (born 1964), South Korean speed skater Moon Gyeong-ja (born 1965), South Korean former basketball player Kim Gyeong-ja (born 1970), one of the hostages in the 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan Cho Kyung-ja, South Korean table tennis player
See also List of Korean given names
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