| Pronunciation | /jʌ̹ŋd͡ʑin/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Both (masculine) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on hanja |
| Young-jin | |
| Hangul | 영진 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Yeongjin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngjin |
Young-jin, also spelled Young-jean or Yeong-jin, is a Korean given name, that is a unisex name. It was the sixth-most- popular name for South Korean newborn boys in 1960, falling to tenth place by 1970. [1] Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [2]
People with this name include:
- Yoo Young-jin (born 1971), South Korean male pop singer-songwriter and executive of SM Entertainment
- Lee Young-jin (actress) (born 1981), South Korean actress
- Lee Young-jin (footballer, born 1963), South Korea male football manager and former player
- Lee Young-jin (footballer, born 1972), South Korea male football coach and former player
- Kim Young-jin (born 1984), South Korean male field hockey player
- Suk Young-jin (born 1990), South Korean male bobsledder
- Young Jin Cho (born 1946), South Korean-born American Methodist bishop
- Choi Young-jin (born 1948), South Korean male United Nations official
- Young Jean Lee (born 1974), South Korean-born American female playwright
- List of Korean given names
- Jin-young, also a Korean given name; the same syllables in reverse order
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
| Pronunciation | /jʌ̹ŋd͡ʑin/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Both (masculine) |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on hanja |
| Young-jin | |
| Hangul | 영진 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Yeongjin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏngjin |
Young-jin, also spelled Young-jean or Yeong-jin, is a Korean given name, that is a unisex name. It was the sixth-most- popular name for South Korean newborn boys in 1960, falling to tenth place by 1970. [1] Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " young" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [2]
People with this name include:
- Yoo Young-jin (born 1971), South Korean male pop singer-songwriter and executive of SM Entertainment
- Lee Young-jin (actress) (born 1981), South Korean actress
- Lee Young-jin (footballer, born 1963), South Korea male football manager and former player
- Lee Young-jin (footballer, born 1972), South Korea male football coach and former player
- Kim Young-jin (born 1984), South Korean male field hockey player
- Suk Young-jin (born 1990), South Korean male bobsledder
- Young Jin Cho (born 1946), South Korean-born American Methodist bishop
- Choi Young-jin (born 1948), South Korean male United Nations official
- Young Jean Lee (born 1974), South Korean-born American female playwright
- List of Korean given names
- Jin-young, also a Korean given name; the same syllables in reverse order
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.