Jin-young
| Pronunciation | /t͡ɕin.jʌ̹ŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Both |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on hanja |
| Region of origin | Korean |
| Jin-young | |
| Hangul | 진영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jin-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chinyŏng |
Jin-young (Korean: 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 male rapper
- Park Jin-young (born 1972), South Korean male pop singer-songwriter and chairman of JYP Entertainment
- Hong Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean female trot singer
- Son Jin-young (born 1985), South Korean male pop singer
- Jinyoung (born 1991), South Korean male pop singer, composer, actor and leaderof B1A4
- Park Jin-young (singer, born 1994) (born Park Jin-young, 1994), South Korean male singer, member of Got7
Sportspeople
- Kim Jin-yeong (born 1970), South Korean female cyclist
- Lee Jin-young (born 1980), South Korean male baseball player (Korea Baseball Organization)
- Ko Jin-young (born 1995), South Korean female golfer
- Park Jin-young (swimmer) (born 1997), South Korean female swimmer
See also
- List of Korean given names
- Young-jin, the same syllables in the opposite order
References
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