Ji | |
Hangul | 지 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Ji |
McCune–Reischauer | Chi |
Ji,also spelled Jee,Chi,or Chee,is a Korean family name,as well as a popular element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
As a family name,Ji may be written with either of two hanja,one meaning "wisdom" (智),and the other meaning "pond" (池). Each has one bon-gwan :for the family name meaning "wisdom",Pongju Village,Pongsan County,North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea,and for the family name meaning "pond",Chungju,Chungcheongbuk-do in what is today South Korea. [1] The 2000 South Korean census found 147,572 people with this family name. [2]
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports,it was found that 79.5% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ji in their passports. Another 9.0% spelled it as Jee,and 8.5% as Chi. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 3.0%) included Gi,Chee,Je,and Jy. [3] For the Koryo-saram from the former Soviet Union,it was spelled as Ti (Russian :Ти). [4]
People with this family name include:
There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Some common ones are listed in the table at right. [5] Many names containing this syllable have been popular throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including: [6] [7] [8]
Historically-popular given names formed with the syllable "ji" include:
Other names containing this syllable include:
People with the single-syllable given name Ji include:
Seong (Korean: 성), also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Eun, also spelled Un, or En, Ehn, Enn, Unn, is an uncommon Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 30 hanja with the reading "eun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. The overwhelmingly popular hanja for given name is "恩(grace)" and "銀(silver)".
Ji-hyun, also spelled Ji-hyeon, or Jee-hyun, is Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji" and 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Ji-hyun was the ninth-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1990.
Ju, also spelled Joo or Chu, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Ji-eun, also spelled Jee-eun, Ji-un or Jee-un, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji" and 30 hanja with the reading "eun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It was the fourth most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1980, rising to second place in 1988, where it remained in 1990.
Ji-hye, also spelled Jee-hye, or Ji-hae, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 65 hanja with the reading "ji" and 25 hanja with the reading "hye" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It also means "wisdom" in Korean. Ji-hye was the most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1980, 1988, and 1990.
Jin-hee is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 48 hanja with the reading "jin" and 24 hanja with the reading "hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Ji-yeon, also spelled Ji-yun, Ji-yon, Ji-yean, Jee-yeon, Jee-yon, Chee-yun, Chi-yun, Chi-yon is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji" and 56 hanja with the reading "yeon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Ji-yeon was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980.
Hyun-jung, also spelled Hyun-jeong, or Hyeon-jung, Hyeon-jeong, Hyun-jong, Hyon-jong, Hyon-jeong is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 84 hanja with the reading "jung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Hyun-jung was the second-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1970, falling to tenth place by 1980.
Eun-ji, also spelled Eun-jee, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "eun" and 61 hanja with the reading "ji" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Eun-ji was the third-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1990.
Ji-yoon, also spelled Jee-yoon, Ji-yun, or Ji-youn, is a Korean unisex 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 16 hanja with the reading "yoon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Ji-yoon was the ninth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 2011.
Seung-hyun, also spelled Seung-hyeon, or Seung-hyon, Sung-hyon, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "seung" and 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Seung-hyun was the 10th-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1990.
Ji-hu, also spelled Ji-hoo, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 17 hanja with the reading "hu" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Ji-hu was the second-most common name for newborn boys in South Korea in 2009, with 2,159 being given the name; by 2015, it had fallen to ninth place, with 1,968 being given the name.
Hyun-jin, also spelled Hyeon-jin or Hyon-jin, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Hyun, also spelled Hyeon or Hyon, Hyoun, is a Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Jeong, also spelled Jung or Jong, Chung, Chong is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 84 hanja with the reading "Jeong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Shi, also spelled Si, or Shie, Shee, Sie, Sea, See, is an uncommon Korean surname, an element in two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 56 Hanja with the reading "shi" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Ji-seong, also spelled Chi-song or Ji-sung, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji" and 27 hanja with the reading "seong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
Woo, also spelled Wu, or U, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As a given name the meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 64 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.