Jeongwon

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/dʒɔŋwɒn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jeongwon is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 1.1Kas 정원(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 849Kas Jungwon
  • KPNorth Korea≈1 in 26Kas Jungwon

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jeongwon itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈48,000 named 정원, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
114 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

South Korea, est., as 정원

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

정원Hangul(measured from records)
JungwonLatin(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jungwon in US United States, GB United Kingdom, SG Singapore and 1 more and 정원 in KR South Korea.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jeongwon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jeongwon is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#198≈48,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K546정원86
KP North Korea—≈990 est.≈1 in 26K1—7
US United States—392as Jungwon1 in 849K280Jungwon114
CN China—≈240 est.≈1 in 5.8M—Jeongwon5
GB United Kingdom—≈29 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Jungwon10
NL Netherlands—≈26 est.≈1 in 672K—Jungwon3
SG Singapore—≈10 est.≈1 in 648K—Jungwon13
EE Estonia—≈2 est.≈1 in 705Klisted—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Supreme Court — newborn given names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jeongwon is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Germany, South Korea

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Jeong-Won

  • Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan

    Also written Jeong-Won

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jeong-Won

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Jeong-Won

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Ha Jung-won, b. 1942Choi Jung-won, b. 1969Seo Jung-won, b. 1970Shin Jung-won, b. 1974Choi Jung-won, b. 1981Choi Jung-won, b. 1981Cha Jung-won, b. 1989Yang Jung-won, b. 1989Choi Jung-won, b. 1995Yang Jung-won, b. 2004
  • Ha Jung-wonb. 1942KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean footballer
  • Choi Jung-wonb. 1969KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
  • Seo Jung-wonb. 1970KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean footballer
  • Shin Jung-wonb. 1974KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film director
  • Choi Jung-wonb. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Choi Jung-wonb. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor and singer
  • Cha Jung-wonb. 1989KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Yang Jung-wonb. 1989KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
  • Choi Jung-wonb. 1995KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player
  • Yang Jung-wonb. 2004KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Jeongwon
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaSiseministeerium — population register name list 20232023——

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jeongwon?
A machine transcription gives /dʒɔŋwɒn/ (IPA) for Korean.
Is Jeongwon a male or female name?
Jeongwon is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Jeongwon have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 48 thousand people named 정원 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Jeongwon?
In the United States, the national register counted 392 people named Jungwon in 2020, about 1 in 849 thousand residents.
How common is Jeongwon compared with other names?
In South Korea, Jeongwon is the 198th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jeongwon” — the 198th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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