Yu-jin

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 유진

| hanja = {{linktext|楢|眞}}, {{linktext|有|眞}}, and others

| mr = Yujin

| rr = Yu-jin

}}

Yu-jin, also spelled Yoo-jin, is a unisex given name of Korean origin, its meaning dependent upon the hanja used to write it. There are numerous possibilities as to how to spell the name in hanja; there are 62 hanja that can be used to represent the yu sound and 48 hanja that can be used to represent the jin sound.{{cite web|url=http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|title=인명용 한자표|trans-title=Table of hanja for use in personal names|publisher=Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea|publication-place=Seoul|language=ko|date=August 2007|access-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123222/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|archive-date=29 August 2017}} The name is popular as not only is a traditional Korean name but can be romanized as Eugene, allowing children to have not only a name that is Korean in origin but easy for Westerners to pronounce.{{cite web|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AK/AK_EN_1_4_9_1.jsp|title=Customs: Korean names|publisher=Korea Tourism Organization|access-date=2012-10-28}} In the early 2000s, Yu-jin was among the most popular names for baby boys, but later in the decade, it saw a fall in popularity, and by 2008 Yu-jin had fallen out of the top ten.{{cite news|url=http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200901/h2009012802484321950.htm|author=이진희 [Yi Jin-hui]|title=너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야|work=Hankook Ilbo|date=2009-01-28|access-date=2012-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122181121/http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200901/h2009012802484321950.htm|archive-date=2011-01-22}}