The baby name Lee Jihong is a Male name and is pronounced Korean IPA: [i d͡ʑi.hoŋ]; common English approximation: "Lee JEE-hong" (Ji as 'jee', hong as in 'hong' of 'Hong Kong').
Lee Jihong is Korean in Origin.
The baby name Lee Jihong is a Male name and is pronounced Korean IPA: [i d͡ʑi.hoŋ]; common English approximation: "Lee JEE-hong" (Ji as 'jee', hong as in 'hong' of 'Hong Kong').
Lee Jihong is Korean in Origin.
Lee Jihong is a Korean full name combining the surname Lee (이, 李) with the given name Ji-hong (지홍). Lee comes from the Sino-Korean character 李 "plum" and has long been borne by major Korean lineages. Ji-hong is Hanja-based; meanings vary by characters, often using Ji (智 "wisdom," 志 "will," 知 "knowledge," 芝 "auspice") and Hong (弘 "vast," 洪 "abundant," 紅 "red"). It is usually masculine but can be unisex.
Lee is among the most prevalent Korean surnames, prominent since the Goryeo and Joseon periods and widespread in the diaspora. Variants include Yi and Rhee for the surname; in Revised Romanization the full name is I Ji-hong, while McCune-Reischauer renders the given name as Chi-hong. In North Korean usage the surname appears as Ri. Given-name spellings include Ji-hong and Jihong; cognate renderings in Chinese appear as Zhihong (e.g., 志宏/志红), though usage and tones differ.
Nothing for Lee Jihong shows up in the birth registries or name datasets we track. Most often that means a rare name, a regional or heritage one, or a recent coinage. Either way, it remains a genuinely rare choice.
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