Jin-young
| Jinyoung | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /t͡ɕin.jʌ̹ŋ/ |
| Gender | Both |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on hanja |
| Region of origin | Korean |
| Jin-young | |
| Hangul | 진영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 眞永, 真英, 軫泳, 鎭榮, 晋暎, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jin-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chinyŏng |
Jinyoung (Hangul: 진영), also spelled Jin-yeong or Jean-young, is a Korean given name, that is a unisex name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 48 hanja with the reading "jin" and 41 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People with this name include:
Film and television
- Jung Jin-young (born 1964), South Korean actor
- Choi Jin-young (1970–2010), South Korean actor and pop singer
- Jang Jin-young (1974–2009), South Korean actress
- Son Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean actor and singer
Singers
- Hyun Jin-young (born 1972), South Korean rapper
- Park Jin-young (born 1972), South Korean pop singer-songwriter and chairman of JYP Entertainment
- Hong Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean female trot singer
- Jinyoung (singer) (full name Jung Jin-young, born 1991), South Korean male pop singer and composer, member of B1A4
- Jr. (singer), birth name Park Jin-young (born 1994), South Korean male singer, member of the group Got7
Sportspeople
- Lee Jin-young (born 1980), South Korean male baseball player for the LG Twins
- Ko Jin-young (born 1995), South Korean female golfer
See also
- List of Korean given names
- Young-jin, the same syllables in the opposite order
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 6 October 2005.
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