Kyung-ja, also spelled Kyong-ja, Kyoung-ja or Gyeong-ja, is a Korean feminine given name.
The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
[2] Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子).
[3] Kyung-ja 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.
[4] According to South Korean government data, it was the third-most popular name for newborn girls in 1940.