Ji-yeon (name)
Pronunciation | /dʒɪ.jən/ |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Ji-yun, Ji-yon, Jee-yun, Jee-yon, Ji-yean, Chi-yeon, Chi-yun, Chi-yon |
Ji-yeon | |
Hangul | 지연 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Ji-yeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Chiyŏn |
IPA | [dzijʌn], [tɕijʌn] |
Ji-yeon, also spelled Ji-yun, Ji-yon, Ji-yean, Jee-yeon, Jee-yon, Chee-yun, Chi-yun, Chi-yon is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji"[1] and 56 hanja with the reading "yeon"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Ji-yeon was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980.[3]
People with this name include:
Entertainers[]
- Myung Ji-yun (born 1975), South Korean television actress
- Gummy (singer) (born Park Ji-yeon, 1981), South Korean singer
- Cha Ji-yeon (born 1982), South Korean singer and actress
- Lina (South Korean singer) (born Lee Ji-yeon, 1984), musical actress and member of The Grace and disbanded duo Isak N Jiyeon
- Lim Ji-yeon (born 1990), South Korean actress
- Park Ji-yeon (born 1992), South Korean singer, member of girl group Glam
- Park Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of girl group T-ara
- Kei (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), member of girl group Lovelyz
- Bona (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), member of girl group Cosmic Girls
- Jane (singer) (born Sung Ji-yeon, 1997), member of girl group Momoland
Sportspeople[]
- Hong Ji-yeon (born 1970), South Korean volleyball player
- Nam Jie-youn (born 1983), South Korean volleyball player
- Kim Ji-yeon (born 1988), South Korean sabre fencer
- Ji Yeon Kim (fighter) (born 1988), South Korean mixed martial artist
- Seo Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean sabre fencer
- Choi Ji-yeon (born 1998), South Korean ice hockey player
Others[]
- Melissa Lee (Korean name Lee Jiyun; born 1960s), South Korean-born New Zealand politician
- Kim Chee-yun (born 1970), South Korean violinist
- Jeanne You (Korean name You Ji-yeoun; born 1978), South Korean classical pianist
- Ji-Yeon Yuh, American sociologist of Korean descent
Fictional characters[]
- Kwon Ji-yeon, in American television series Lost, for whom the episode Ji-yeon is named
- Jee-Yun Buckley Han, in American television series 9-1-1
See also[]
References[]
- ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "지"
- ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "연"
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
Categories:
- Given names
- Korean feminine given names