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'''Mi-ja''' is a Korean given name. Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). Names ending with this hanja, such as Young-ja and Jeong-ja, were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007032017291&sid=010620&nid=006<ype=1 |title=가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연 |trans-title=The most popular names? Boys: Young-su → Min-jun, girls: Young-ja → Seo-yeon |work=Korea Economic Daily |date=2007-03-20 |accessdate=2012-12-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204209/http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2007032017291&sid=010620&nid=006<ype=1 |archivedate=2013-10-29 }}</ref>
People with this name include: *Lee Mi-ja (born 1941), South Korean trot singer *Son Mi-ja (born 1944), stage name Yoon Jeong-hee, South Korean actress *Son Mi-ja (born 1961), stage name Geum Bo-ra, South Korean actress *Lee Mi-ja (basketball) (born 1963), South Korean basketball player *Kim Mi-ja (born 1967), South Korean sprint canoer *Jeong Mi-ja (born 1970), South Korean long-distance runner who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics *Oh Mi-ja (born 1970), South Korean long-distance runner who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
Fictional characters with this name include: *Yun Mija, in 2011 Thai martial arts film ''The Kick'' *Mija, in 2017 South Korean adventure film ''Okja''
==See also== *List of Korean given names
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{{given name}} Category:Korean given names