Minyoung as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Minyoung

What is the meaning of the name Minyoung ?

The baby name Minyoung is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /min.jʌŋ/ — approximate English: "MIN-yuhng".

Minyoung is Korean in Origin.

Minyoung (Korean: 민영) is a unisex Korean given name formed from Sino-Korean hanja, with meaning varying by the characters chosen for each syllable. Min (민) may be written 敏 “quick, clever,” 珉 “jade-like stone,” or 旻 “autumn sky,” among others; Young/Yeong (영) may be 英 “heroic, outstanding,” 永 “eternal,” 泳 “to swim,” 瑛 “crystal-jade,” or 榮 “glory.” Typical pairings evoke ideas such as “clever and illustrious,” “jade-bright excellence,” or “eternal grace.”

South Korea authorizes 27 hanja for Min and over thirty for Yeong in given names, yielding many nuanced meanings. The name appears in family registers and remains familiar in modern Korea, with contemporary bearers across entertainment and sports; usage today is unisex but leans feminine. Romanized variants include Min-young, Minyoung, Min-yeong (Revised Romanization), and Minyŏng (McCune–Reischauer). Related spellings split as two words (Min Young) are also seen in English contexts.

⚙ Minyoung is a rare name. There are only 31 recorded uses of it in our data, from 13 countries.