Min-jin as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Min-jin

What is the meaning of the name Min-jin ?

The baby name Min-jin is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'hangul': '민진', 'romanization': 'Min-jin', 'ipa': '[min.dʑin]', 'english_approximation': 'min-JEEN'}.

Min-jin is Korean in Origin.

Min-jin (민진) is a Korean unisex given name composed of the Sino-Korean elements min and jin. Depending on the chosen hanja, Min can mean “quick, clever” (敏), “jade-like gem” (珉), “gentle” (旼), or “autumn sky” (旻); Jin often reads as “truth” (眞/真), “precious” (珍), “advance” (進), or “to calm” (鎭). Common pairings yield senses such as “clever and true,” “gentle truth,” or “jade that calms.”

In South Korea the name rose in use in the late twentieth century and remains familiar for all genders, with broad adoption in the Korean diaspora as well. It is written in Hangul as 민진 and in hanja with many possible combinations approved for names. Variants and spellings include Minjin and Min Jin; romanization systems render it as Min-jin (Revised Romanization) or Min-chin (McCune–Reischauer). Related element-swapped forms like Jin-min exist but carry distinct meanings.

⚙ Min-jin doesn't appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.