Minjung as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Minjung

What is the meaning of the name Minjung ?

The baby name Minjung is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced [min.d͡ʑʌŋ] (Korean IPA); RR: Min-jeong; common English approximation: "MIN-jung" (MIN like 'mint' without the t; jung rhymes with 'young').

Minjung is Korean in Origin.

Minjung is a Korean given name written 민정 and built from two Sino-Korean elements: Min (민) and Jeong (정). Its meaning varies with the hanja chosen. Common options include Min as 敏 “quick, clever,” 珉/玟 “jade,” 旻 “autumn sky,” or 民 “people,” paired with Jeong as 貞 “virtuous,” 正 “upright,” 靜 “calm,” 晶 “crystal,” or 政 “governance.” Typical pairings yield readings such as 敏貞 “clever and virtuous,” 旻靜 “serene autumn sky,” or 珉正 “upright as jade.”

The name has been widely used since the mid-20th century and ranked among popular South Korean girls’ names in the late 1980s–1990s, though it is technically unisex. Notable bearers include actresses Kim Min-jung and Lee Min-jung, and Olympic speed skater Choi Min-jeong. Variant romanizations are Min-jeong (Revised), Minjŏng (McCune–Reischauer), Min-jung, and Minjung. Do not confuse it with 민중 (Minjung), a separate word meaning “the masses.”

⚙ Minjung is a rare find. Across 16 countries, we found 37 recorded uses of it.