Jin-young
Appearance
Pronunciation | /t͡ɕin.jʌ̹ŋ/ |
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Gender | Both |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | Different depending on hanja |
Region of origin | Korean |
Jin-young | |
Hangul | 진영 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jin-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Chinyŏng |
Jin-young (Korean: 진영), also spelled Jin-yeong or Jean-young, is a unisex Korean given 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
[edit]- Jung Jin-young (actor) (born 1964), South Korean actor
- Choi Jin-young (1970–2010), South Korean actor and singer
- Jang Jin-young (1972–2009), South Korean actress
- Son Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean actor and singer
Singers
[edit]- Hyun Jin-young (born 1971), South Korean rapper
- Park Jin-young (born 1971), South Korean singer-songwriter and businessman
- Jang Jin-young (singer) (born 1983), South Korean singer and vocal trainer
- Hong Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean trot singer
- Son Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean singer
- Jung Jin-young (singer) (born 1991), South Korean singer, member of boy band B1A4
- Punch (singer) (born Bae Jin-yeong, 1993), South Korean singer
- Jinyoung (entertainer, born 1994), South Korean singer, member of boy band Got7
- Woo Jin-young (born 1997), South Korean singer and rapper, member of boy band D1ce
- Bae Jin-young (born 2000), South Korean singer and actor, member of boy band CIX
Sportspeople
[edit]- Kim Jin-yeong (cyclist) (born 1970), South Korean female cyclist
- Lee Jin-young (born 1980), South Korean baseball player
- Kwon Jin-young (born 1991), South Korean football player
- Ko Jin-young (born 1995), South Korean golfer
- Park Jin-young (swimmer) (born 1997), South Korean swimmer