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
- Myung Ji-yun (born 1975), South Korean actress
- Gummy (singer) (born Park Ji-yeon, 1981), South Korean singer
- Lina (South Korean singer) (born Lee Ji-yeon, 1984), South Korean musical actress and singer, member of girl group The Grace
- Park Ji-yeon (actress, born 1988), South Korean musical theatre actress
- Lim Ji-yeon (born 1990), South Korean actress
- Park Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean singer and actress, member of girl group T-ara
- Kei (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), South Korean singer, member of girl group Lovelyz and El7z Up
- Bona (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), South Korean singer, member of girl group Cosmic Girls
Sportspeople
- Hong Ji-yeon (born 1970), South Korean volleyball player
- Nam Jie-youn (born 1983), South Korean volleyball player
- Kim Ji-yeon (fencer) (born 1988), South Korean sabre fencer
- Ji Yeon Kim (fighter) (born 1988), South Korean mixed martial artist
- Seo Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean sabre fencer
- Choi Ji-yeon (born 1998), South Korean ice hockey player
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