Throughout the world, 정 (靖 
, 政 , Jeong 
, and others...) is a widespread unisex forename. The forename 정 is characteristic of China, where it is quite a common epicene name, the United States, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but infrequently masculine name, and Taiwan, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in China, the United States, and Indonesia. Also, 정 is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| 政, 靖, 鼎 | China |
| Jung, Jeong | Germany, South Korea, United States, Malaysia, China |
| 정 | South Korea |
Chang, Cheng, Cheong, Choung, Chung, Chŏng, Cseng, Csong, Ding, Dâng, Dǐng, Jing, Joung, Jungová, Jìng, Teng, Ting, Trịnh, Tsang, Tseng, Tyng, Zheng, Zhèng, Đinh, Дин, Чен, Чжэн, Чон, Чэн, Юнг, ג'נג, יונג, צנג, تشونغ, جونغ, دينغ, แซ่แต้, ジョン, チェン, チョン, ティン, ディン, 丁, 丁氏, 井, 亭, 佂, 侹, 停, 偵,
정 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hua Rong , the fictional character in the Water Margin; Cao Zheng , the Water Margin character; Guo Jing , the character in wuxia fiction, The Fulangs kamfoungs; Li Jing , the a figure in Chinese mythology and a god in Chinese folk religion, Journey to the West and Wang Zheng , the Water Margin character, among other works.
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정우 South Korean actor, KR (b. 1981) |
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| 정진규 Korean writer, KR (b. 1939) |
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