Yu-jin | |
Hangul | 유진 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yu-jin |
McCune–Reischauer | Yujin |
Yu-jin,also spelled Yoo-jin,is a unisex given name of Korean origin,its meaning dependent upon the hanja used to write it. There are numerous possibilities as to how to spell the name in hanja;there are 62 hanja that can be used to represent the yu sound and 48 hanja that can be used to represent the jin sound. [1] The name is popular as not only is a traditional Korean name but can be romanized as Eugene,allowing children to have not only a name that is Korean in origin but easy for Westerners to pronounce. [2] In the early 2000s,Yu-jin was among the most popular names for baby boys,but later in the decade,it saw a fall in popularity,and by 2008 Yu-jin had fallen out of the top ten. [3]
People with this name include:
Fictional characters with this name include: