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Ji-yeon (name)

Ji-yeon, also spelled Ji-youn, Ji-yeoun, Ji-yean, Ji-yun, Chee-yun, or Chi-yun, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading " ji" and 39 hanja with the reading " yeon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Ji-yeon was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980.

People with this name include:

Entertainers
  • Myung Ji-yun (born 1975), South Korean television actress
  • Gummy (singer) (born Park Ji-yeon, 1981), South Korean singer
  • Lina (South Korean singer) (born Lee Ji-yeon, 1984), member of The Grace and disbanded duo Isak N Jiyeon
  • Lim Ji-yeon (born 1990), South Korean actress
  • Park Ji-yeon (born 1992), South Korean singer, member of girl group Glam
  • Park Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of girl group T-ara
  • Kei (South Korean singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), member of girl group Lovelyz
Sportspeople
  • Hong Ji-yeon (born 1970), South Korean volleyball player
  • Nam Jie-youn (born 1983), South Korean volleyball player
  • Kim Ji-yeon (born 1988), South Korean sabre fencer
Others
  • Melissa Lee (Korean name Lee Jiyun; born 1960s), South Korean-born New Zealand politician
  • Kim Chee-yun (born 1970), South Korean violinist
  • Jeanne You (Korean name You Ji-yeoun; born 1978), South Korean classical pianist
  • Ji-Yeon Yuh, American sociologist of Korean descent

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Kwon Ji-yeon, in American television series Lost, for whom the episode Ji-yeon is named