Jin-young

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This article is about the Korean given name. For the South Korean politician, see Chin Young.
Jin-young
Pronunciation/t͡ɕin.jʌ̹ŋ/
GenderBoth
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on hanja
Region of originKorean
Jin-young
Hangul
진영
Hanja
眞永, 真英, 軫泳, 鎭榮, 晋暎, and others
Revised RomanizationJin-yeong
McCune–ReischauerChinyŏng

Jin-young (Korean: 진영), also spelled Jin-yeong or Jean-young, is a unisex Korean given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 48 hanja with the reading "jin" and 41 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

Film and television[]

Singers[]

  • Hyun Jin-young (born 1971), South Korean male rapper
  • J. Y. Park (born 1972), South Korean male pop singer-songwriter and chairman of JYP Entertainment
  • Jang Jin-young (singer) (born 1983), South Korean male singer and vocal trainer for S.M. Entertainment
  • Hong Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean female trot singer
  • Son Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean male pop singer
  • Jung Jin-young (singer) (born 1991), South Korean male pop singer, leader of B1A4
  • Punch (singer) (born Bae Jin-yeong, 1993), South Korean female pop singer
  • Park Jin-young (entertainer, born 1994), South Korean male singer, member of Got7
  • Woo Jin-young (born 1997), South Korean male singer, member of D1CE
  • Bae Jin-young (born 2000), South Korean male singer, former member of Wanna One, member of CIX

Sportspeople[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 6 October 2005.
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