Ji-young
| Ji-young | |
| Hangul | 지영 |
|---|---|
| RR | Jiyeong |
| MR | Chiyŏng |
| IPA | [tɕijʌŋ] |
Ji-young, also spelled Jee-young, Ji-yeong, or Chi-young, is a Korean given name. It was the most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1970, falling to third place in 1980 and tenth place in 1990.[1]
People with this name include:
Athletes
- Mo Ji-yeong (born 1964), South Korean male field hockey player
- Pearl Sinn (born Sinn Ji-young, 1967), South Korean-born American female golfer
- Lee Ji-young (field hockey) (born 1971), South Korean female field hockey player
- Lee Jee-young (born 1985), South Korean female golfer
- Lee Ji-young (baseball) (born 1986), South Korean male baseball player
- Oh Ji-young (born 1988), South Korean female volleyball player
- Oh Ji-young (golfer) (born 1988), South Korean female golfer
- Lee Ji-young (swimmer) (born 1989), South Korean female swimmer
Entertainers
- Kim Ji-young (actress, born 1938), South Korean actress
- Park Ji-young (actress) (born 1969), South Korean actress
- Kim Ji-young (actress, born 1974), South Korean actress
- Baek Ji-young (born 1976), South Korean female pop and ballad singer
- Kim Ji-yeong (voice actress) (born 1976), South Korean voice actress
- Kahi (singer) (born Park Ji-young, 1980), South Korean pop singer and actress
- Seo Ji-young (born 1981), South Korean pop singer, member of girl group Sharp
- Lee Hae-in (actress) (born Lee Ji-young, 1986), South Korean actress
- Kang Ji-young (born 1994), South Korean female idol singer, member of girl group Kara
- Ahn Ji-young (born 1995), South Korean female singer, member of duo Bolbbalgan4
- Kim Ji-young (actress, born 2005), South Korean actress
- Rhee Ji-yeong (fl. 2000s), South Korean voice actress
Others
- Chung Ji-young (born 1949), South Korean male novelist
- Gong Ji-young (born 1963), South Korean female novelist
- Boo Ji-young (born 1971), South Korean female filmmaker
- Jeannie Chi-Young Suk (born 1973), South Korean-born American female law professor
- Ji-Young Kim (born 1978), South Korean ballerina
- JeeYoung Lee (born 1983), South Korean female visual artist
- Lim Ji-young (born 1995), South Korean female violinist
- Jiyeong Mun (born 1995), South Korean female classical pianist
- Chi-young Kim, South Korean-born American male literary translator
Fictional characters
- Kim Ji-young, the title character of the 2016 novel Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
- Na Ji-young, the title character of the 2017 television series Individualist Ms. Ji-young
- Ji-yeong, a recurring character in the 2021 television series Squid Game
- Ji-Young, a Sesame Street Muppet introduced in 2021
See also
References
- ^ 한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?. babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2020.