Ji-yeon

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| name = Ji-yeon

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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|dʒ|ɪ|.|j|ə|n}}

| gender = Female

| meaning = Different depending on Hanja

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| origin = Korean

| alternative spelling = Ji-yun, Ji-yon, Jee-yun, Jee-yon, Ji-yean, Chi-yeon, Chi-yun, Chi-yon

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{{Infobox Korean name

| title = Ji-yeon

| hangul = 지연

| hanja = {{linktext|智|妍}}, {{linktext|知|妍}}, and others

| rr = Ji-yeon

| mr = Chiyŏn

| koreanipa = [dzijʌn], [tɕijʌn]

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Ji-yeon ({{korean|hangul=지연}}), also spelled Ji-yun, Ji-yon, Ji-yean, Jee-yeon, Jee-yon, Chee-yun, Chi-yun, Chi-yon is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji"[https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%8B%9C&idx=6 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "지"] and 56 hanja with the reading "yeon"[https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%97%B0&idx=7 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "연"] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Ji-yeon was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?cate1=14&name=|title=한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?|publisher=babyname.co.kr|accessdate=9 November 2012|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020201918/http://www.babyname.co.kr/menu01_09.php?cate1=14&name=|url-status=dead}}

People with this name include:

Entertainers

Sportspeople

Others

  • Melissa Lee (born Lee Jiyun, 1966), South Korean-born New Zealand politician
  • Kim Chee-yun (born 1970), South Korean violinist
  • Jeanne You (born You Ji-yeoun, 1978), South Korean classical pianist
  • Ji-Yeon Yuh, American reporter, writer, editor and professor

Fictional characters

  • Kwon Ji Yeon, in American television series Lost, for whom the episode Ji Yeon (Lost) is named
  • Jee-Yun Buckley Han, in American television series 9-1-1

See also

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