Ji-yoon

Ji-yoon, also spelled Jee-yoon, Ji-yun, or Ji-youn, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 16 hanja with the reading "yoon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Ji-yoon was the ninth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 2011.[2]

Ji-yoon
Hangul
지윤
Hanja
志胤, 祉潤, and others
Revised RomanizationJi-yun
McCune–ReischauerChiyun

People with this name include:

  • Kim Ji-yoon (born 1976), South Korean female basketball player
  • Park Ji-yoon (born 1982), South Korean female pop singer
  • Hwang Ji-yoon (born 1983), South Korean male footballer
  • Jeon Ji-yoon (born 1990), South Korean female pop singer, former member of 4Minute
  • Woo Ji-yoon (born 1996), South Korean female pop singer, former member of Bolbbalgan4
  • Kayla J. Yoo (Korean name Yoo Jeeyoon), South Korean female songwriter

See also

References
  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. 2011년 인기 이름 리포트 (in Korean). Johnson's Baby Center. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
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