Jina (Korean name)

Jina and Jinah are Roman-alphabet spellings of either of two homophonous Korean feminine given names with different hangul spellings. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Not to be confused with Gina (given name), which is of Italian origin.
Jina
Hangul
진아
Hanja
珍兒 and others
Revised RomanizationJin-a
McCune–ReischauerJina
Alternative spelling
Hangul
지나
Hanja
智娜 and others
Revised RomanizationJi-na
McCune–ReischauerJina

For the name systemically transcribed as Jin-a. there are 48 hanja with the reading "jin" and 20 hanja with the reading "a" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] People with this name include:

  • Kim Jin-ah (born 1980), stage name Shim Yi-young, South Korean film actress
  • Kang Jin-a (born 1981), South Korean film director
  • Lee Jin-a (born 1985), South Korean tennis player
  • Nana (singer) (born Im Jin-ah, 1991), South Korean singer, member of girl group After School
  • Lee Jin-ah (born 1991), South Korean singer signed to Antenna Music
  • Yeom Jina, South Korean singer, member of girl group Bob Girls
  • Kwon Jin-ah (born 1997), South Korean singer and guitarist
  • Lee Jinah (fl. 2010s), South Korean singer, lead vocalist of girl group She'z

For the name systemically transcribed as Ji-na, there are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 16 hanja with the reading "na" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] People with this name include:

  • Song Ji-na (born 1959), South Korean screenwriter
  • Choi Ji-na (born 1975), South Korean actress
  • G.NA, stage name of Gina Jane Choi (born 1987), Korean Canadian singer
  • Kim Ji-na, South Korean missionary taken hostage in Afghanistan in 2007

See also

References
  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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