The baby name Ji Yeon is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Korean IPA: [tɕi.jʌn]; approx. 'JEE-yuhn' (jee-yun).
Ji Yeon is Korean in Origin.
The baby name Ji Yeon is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Korean IPA: [tɕi.jʌn]; approx. 'JEE-yuhn' (jee-yun).
Ji Yeon is Korean in Origin.
Ji Yeon (지연) is a Korean given name built from Sino-Korean syllables Ji and Yeon, each written with various hanja. Ji may mean “wisdom,” “will,” or “knowledge” (智, 志, 知), while Yeon can be “beauty/grace,” “lotus,” or “fate/connection” (妍, 娟, 蓮, 緣). Parents choose characters from an official list, so meanings vary; overall the name often suggests wise beauty. Pronounced roughly “jee-yuhn.”
Common in modern two-syllable naming, Ji Yeon became especially popular for girls in South Korea from the late 1970s through the 1990s and remains widely used, though technically unisex. Romanization variants include Ji-yeon or Jiyeon (RR) and Chi-yŏn (MR); Anglicized spellings like Jee-yeon, Ji-yon, and Ji-youn occur. A related counterpart is Yeon-ji (연지). Notable bearers include actress-singer Park Ji-yeon and fencer Kim Ji-yeon.
Ji Yeon is far from common. We have only 27 recorded uses of it on record, from 17 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR | Girls | 0 | #13 | 3 | 572 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #250 | 2 | 6,592 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #627 | 6 | 18,916 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #649 | 3 | 9,488 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
Ji Yeon is popular in 17 countries — most recent births per country:
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