Ji-yeon (name)

Ji-yeon, also spelled Ji-youn, Ji-yeoun, Ji-yean, Ji-yun, Chee-yun, or Chi-yun, is a Korean feminine 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 39 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[1] Ji-yeon was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980.^[2]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Myung Ji-yun (born 1975), South Korean television actress
• Gummy (singer) (born Park Ji-yeon, 1981), South Korean singer
• Cha Ji-yeon (born 1982), South Korean singer and actress
• Lina (South Korean singer) (born Lee Ji-yeon, 1984), member of The Grace and disbanded duo Isak N Jiyeon
• Lim Ji-yeon (born 1990), South Korean actress
• Park Ji-yeon (born 1992), South Korean singer, member of girl group Glam
• Park Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of girl group T-ara
• Kei (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), member of girl group Lovelyz
• Bona (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), member of girl group Cosmic Girls

Sportspeople

• Hong Ji-yeon (born 1970), South Korean volleyball player
• Nam Jie-youn (born 1983), South Korean volleyball player
• Kim Ji-yeon (born 1988), South Korean sabre fencer
• Ji Yeon Kim (fighter) (born 1988), South Korean mixed martial artist
• Seo Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean sabre fencer
• Choi Ji-yeon (born 1998), South Korean ice hockey player

Others

• Melissa Lee (Korean name Lee Jiyun; born 1960s), South Korean-born New Zealand politician
• Kim Chee-yun (born 1970), South Korean violinist
• Jeanne You (Korean name You Ji-yeoun; born 1978), South Korean classical pianist
• Ji-Yeon Yuh, American sociologist of Korean descent

Fictional characters

• Kwon Ji-yeon, in American television series Lost, for whom the episode Ji-yeon is named

See also

• List of Korean given names

References