The baby name Min-ji is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Hangul: 민지; RR: Min-ji; IPA: [min.dʑi]; approx.: 'min-jee'.
Min-ji is Korean in Origin.
The baby name Min-ji is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Hangul: 민지; RR: Min-ji; IPA: [min.dʑi]; approx.: 'min-jee'.
Min-ji is Korean in Origin.
A Korean feminine given name, Min-ji (민지) combines two Sino-Korean syllables whose hanja determine nuance. Min (민) is often written as 敏 “quick, clever,” 珉 “gemlike stone,” or 旻 “autumn sky”; Ji (지) commonly appears as 智 “wisdom,” 知 “knowledge,” or 志 “purpose.” Together they yield meanings such as “clever wisdom,” “precious knowledge,” or “skyward purpose.” The name is pronounced meen-jee in English approximation.
Use of Min-ji expanded with late-20th-century tastes for concise, bright-sounding girl names, and it ranked among popular choices in South Korea through the late 1980s and 1990s while remaining familiar today. Spellings vary by romanization: Min-ji (Revised Romanization) and Minji are both standard; informal variants include Min-jee or Min Ji. Because multiple hanja combinations are allowed, parents often tailor the meaning to family values, giving Min-ji a classic yet personal character.
Min-ji is vanishingly rare. In all, it appears just 3 times, across 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
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