Eun-ha, also spelled Un-ha, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "eun"[1] and 30 hanja with the reading "ha"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. One way of writing this name in hanja (銀河, literally "silver river") is also the Korean name for the Milky Way.
Pronunciation | /ʊn.hɒ/ |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | The Milky Way |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Un-ha |
Eun-ha | |
Hangul | 은하 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Eun-ha |
McCune–Reischauer | Ŭnha |
IPA | [ɯnha] |
People with this name include:
- Shim Eun-ha (born 1972), South Korean actress
- Kim Eun-ha (born 1975), South Korean tennis player
- Jeoun Eun-ha (born 1993), South Korean football player
- Eunha (singer) (born Jung Eun-bi, 1997), South Korean singer, member of girl group Viviz
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Cho Eun-ha, in 2003 South Korean television series Love Letter
- Eun-ha, in 2005 South Korean film You Are My Sunshine
- Seo Eun-ha, in 2005 South Korean television series Resurrection
- Baek Eun-ha, in 2020 South Korean television series Flower Of Evil