Soon-ja, also spelled Sun-ja, is a Korean female given name. According to South Korean government data it was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in 1940. The same characters correspond to a number of Japanese female given names, including the ''

on'yomi are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subseq ...

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Junko is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following: *純子, "pure, child" *順子, "order, child" *淳子, "pure, child" *潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child ...

and the ''

kun'yomi are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subseq ...

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Ayako Ayako is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Ayako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 文子, "writings, child" * 綾子, "twill, child" * 絢子, "kimono design, child" * 彩子, "coloring, child" * 順 ...

, Masako,

Michiko Michiko is a Japanese given name, used for females. Although written romanized the same way, the Japanese language written forms (kanji, katakana, hiragana) can be different. Common forms include: * 美智子 — "beautiful wise child" * 美 ...

, Nobuko, and

Yoshiko Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Yoshiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Over 200 possible variations of the name exist. Some of the most comm ...

. It is one of a number of Japanese-style names ending in "ja", like

Young-ja Young-ja, also spelled Yeong-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. According to South Korean government data, it was the most popular name for baby girls born in 1940. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write it. Hanja and meaning There are ...

and

Jeong-ja Jeong-ja, also spelled Jung-ja, Jong-ja, or Chung-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja and meaning There are 65 hanja with the reading " jeong" and 28 hanja wit ...

, that were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards. By 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten. People with this name include: *

Soon Ja Du Latasha Harlins (January 1, 1976 – March 16, 1991) was an African-American girl who was fatally shot at age 15 by Soon Ja Du ( ko, 두순자) after Latasha knocked Soon Ja Du to the ground, a 51-year-old Korean-American convenience store owne ...

(born 1940), South Korean-born American convenience store owner *

Jeong Sun-ja Jeong Sun-ja (born 8 August 1947) is a South Korean diver. She competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international mul ...

(born 1947), South Korean diver *

Kim Sun-ja (athlete) Kim Sun-ja (born 16 June 1966) is a South Korean sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly kno ...

(born 1966), South Korean sprinter *

Lee Soon-ja Lee Soon-ja ( Hangul: 이순자, Hanja: 李順子) (born 24 March 1939) is the widow of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan. She was the first lady when Chun Doo-hwan was in office, from 1980 to 1988. Early life Lee Soon-ja was born on M ...

(born 1939), South Korean former first lady, wife of Chun Doo-hwan *

Lee Sun-ja Lee Sun-Ja (born May 23, 1978) is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an ...

(born 1978), South Korean sprint canoer *

Park Soon-ja Park Soon-Ja (born 3 January 1966) is a South Korean former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ...

(born 1966), South Korean former field hockey player

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