Ji-yeon (name)

Ji-yeon
Hangul	지연
Hanja	智妍 and others
Revised Romanization	Ji-yeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chiyŏn

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. Ji-yeon was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980.

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
• 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 (South Korean singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), member of girl group Lovelyz

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

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 with this name include:

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

See also

• List of Korean given names