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'''Sook-ja''', also spelled '''Suk-ja''', is a Korean given name. According to South Korean government data, it was the fifth-most popular name for newborn girls in 1940.<ref name="babyname.co.kr1940">{{cite web|url=http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?standard=&val=&PAGE_NO=2|title=한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?|publisher=babyname.co.kr|access-date=2012-11-09}}</ref> Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). It is one of a number of Japanese-style names ending in "ja", like Young-ja and Jeong-ja, that 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|work=Korea Economic Daily|date=2007-03-20|access-date=2012-12-04}}</ref> By 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten.<ref name="babyname.co.kr">{{cite web|url=http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?cate1=14&name=|title=한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?|publisher=babyname.co.kr|access-date=2012-11-09}}</ref> The characters used to write this name can also be read as a number of different Japanese female given names, including Yoshiko and Toshiko.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi|first=Jim|last=Breen|author-link=Jim Breen|title=Japanese Names Dictionary|publisher=Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group|year=2011|access-date=2012-12-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205062302/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi|archive-date=2012-12-05}}</ref>
People with this name include: *Kim Sook-ja (1926–1991), South Korean ''pansori'' musician *Hong Sook-ja (born 1933), South Korean diplomat and writer *Sue Kim Bonifazio, birth name Kim Sook-ja, South Korean-born American singer *Oh Sook-ja (born 1941), South Korean composer *Shin Suk-ja (born 1942), South Korean prisoner of conscience in North Korea *Yoon Sook-ja (born 1948), South Korean cooking researcher and professor *Im Sook-ja (born 1966), South Korean former tennis player *Park Suk-ja (born 1970), South Korean athlete *Lee Sook-ja (born 1980), South Korean volleyball player
==See also== *List of Korean given names
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