Ji-young
| Ji-young | |
| Hangul | 지영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 知英, 智英, 智榮, 枝泳, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Ji-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chiyŏng |
Ji-young, also spelled Jee-young or Chi-young, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 36 hanja with the reading "ji" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in personal names.[1] It was the most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1970, falling to third place in 1980 and tenth place in 1990.[2]
Notable people with the name include:
- Athletes
- Pearl Sinn (born Sinn Ji-young, 1967), SOuth Korean-born American female golfer
- Lee Ji-young (field hockey) (born 1971), South Korean female field hockey player
- Lee Jee-young (born 1985), South Korean female golfer
- Lee Ji-young (born 1986), South Korean male baseball player
- Oh Ji-young (born 1988), South Korean female volleyball player
- Oh Ji-young (golfer) (born 1988), South Korean female golfer
- Lee Ji-young (swimmer) (born 1989), South Korean female swimmer
- Entertainers
- Kim Ji-young (actress born 1938), South Korean actress
- Kim Ji-young (actress born 1974), South Korean actress
- Baek Ji-young (born 1976), South Korean female pop and ballad singer
- Kim Ji-yeong (voice actress) (born 1976), South Korean voice actress
- Park Ji-young (born 1980), stage name Kahi (singer), South Korean pop singer and actress
- Seo Ji-young (born 1981), South Korean pop singer, member of girl group S#arp
- Lee Ji-young (born 1986), stage name Lee Hae-in, South Korean actress
- Kang Ji-young (born 1994), South Korean female idol singer
- Kim Ji-young (actress born 2005), South Korean actress
- Rhee Ji-yeong (fl. 2000s), South Korean voice actress
- Others
- Chung Ji-young (born 1949), South Korean male novelist
- Gong Ji-young (born 1962), South Korean female novelist
- Boo Ji-young (born 1971), South Korean female filmmaker
- Jeannie Chi-Young Suk (born 1973), South Korean-born American female law professor
- Ji-Young Kim (born 1978), South Korean ballerina
- Lim Ji-young (born 1995), South Korean violinist
- Chi-young Kim, South Korean-born American male literary translator
See also
References
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