Eun-hye, also spelled Eun-hae or Eun-hay, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 33 hanja with the reading "eun"[1] and 25 hanja with the reading "hye"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja that may be used in given names. It also means "favor, grace" in Korean.[3][4]
Pronunciation | /ʊn.hɛ/ |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | "favor, grace", or different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Eun-hae, Eun-hay |
Eun-hye | |
Hangul | 은혜 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Eun-hye |
McCune–Reischauer | Ŭnhye |
IPA | [ɯnheː] |
People with this name include:
Entertainers
edit- Park Eun-hye (born 1978), South Korean actress
- Ivy (singer) (born Park Eun-hye, 1982), South Korean singer
- Yoon Eun-hye (born 1984), South Korean actress and singer
- Gil Eun-hye (born 1988), South Korean actress
Sportspeople
edit- Bae Eun-hye (born 1982), South Korean judo practitioner
- Kim Eun-hye (born 1987), South Korean sport shooter
- Yang Eun-hye (born 1987), South Korean weightlifter
- Jung Eun-hea (born 1989), South Korean sport shooter
Other
edit- Kim Eun-hye (born 1971), South Korean politician
- Lee Eun-hye, alias of Yaeko Taguchi (born 1955), Japanese woman abducted by North Korea
- Yoo Eun-hae (born 1962), South Korean politician