Jin-yeong as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jin-yeong

What is the meaning of the name Jin-yeong ?

The baby name Jin-yeong is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced [tɕi.njʌŋ].

Jin-yeong is Korean in Origin.

Jin-yeong is a Korean given name whose earliest recoverable form for a modern bearer is the Hangul spelling 진영; Revised Romanization gives Jin-yeong, older McCune-Reischauer Chin-yŏng. Its root language is Korean, but interpretation usually runs through Sino-Korean hanja. The first element jin may be written with characters such as 眞 or 真, true, 珍, precious, or 鎭, to guard; yeong often corresponds to 英, flower, hero, excellent, or 榮, glory. No single literal meaning attaches to the syllable pair without the chosen hanja.

The name appears in South Korea for both women and men, though individual hanja choices are recorded on family and civil documents. Hyphenated Jin-yeong reflects South Korean romanization practice for two-syllable given names; Jinyoung and Jin-young are common unhyphenated or alternate spellings, while Chin-yŏng appears in older scholarly and diaspora contexts. Public bearers include Korean actors and musicians, keeping the romanized form visible beyond Korean-speaking communities.

⚙ Nothing for Jin-yeong shows up in the birth registries or name datasets we track. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.