Cha (Korean surname)
Appearance
Language(s) | Korean |
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Origin | |
Meaning | Chariot |
Region of origin | Korean peninsula |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Che (Chinese) |
Cha | |
Hangul | 차 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Cha |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'a |
Notable people with the surname
[edit]- Cha Bum-kun (born 1953), South Korean football manager
- Cha Bumseok (1924–2006), South Korean playwright and director
- Cha Chol-ma (born 1956), North Korean businessman
- Cha Chung-hwa (born 1980), South Korean actress
- Cha Do-jin (born 1983), South Korean actor
- Cha Dong-min (born 1986), South Korean retired taekwondo practitioner
- Cha Du-ri (born 1980), German-born South Korean footballer
- Cha Eun-woo (born 1997), South Korean singer and actor, member of boy band Astro
- Cha Gi-suk (1986-2021), South Korean footballer
- Cha Kwi-hyun (born 1975), South Korean footballer
- Cha Han-sik (born 1965), South Korean runner
- N (singer) (born Cha Hak-yeon, 1990), South Korean singer, member of boy band VIXX
- Cha Hong (born 1981), South Korean hairdresser
- Cha Hui-rim (born 1953), North Korean politician
- Cha Hun (born 1994), South Korean singer and actor, member of band N.Flying
- Cha Hwa-yeon (born 1960), South Korean actress
- Cha Hyon-hyang (born 1979), South Korean judoka
- Cha Hyo-sim (born 1994), North Korean table tennis player
- Yuri (Korean singer) (born Cha Hyun-ok, 1976), South Korean singer
- Cha Hyung-won (1890-1972), South Korean living national treasure
- Cha In-pyo (born 1967), South Korean actor
- Cha Jin-ho, South Korean wheelchair curler
- Cha Jun-hwan (born 2001), South Korean figure skater
- Cha Seung-won (born 1970), South Korean actor
- Baro (entertainer) (born Cha Sun-woo, 1992), South Korean entertainer, member of boy band B1A4
- Cha Tae-hyun (born 1976), South Korean actor
- Steph Cha (born 1986), Korean American novelist and fiction writer
- Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951–1982), South Korean novelist
- Victor Cha (born 1960), American political scientist
- Virginia Cha, Korean American news anchor
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Cha
- All pages with titles containing Cha
- Chal (name)
- Char (name)
References
[edit]- Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4