Ji (Korean name)

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Given name

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]

As name element

Historically-popular given names formed with the syllable "ji" include:

Masculine
  • Ji-hoon (4th place in 1970, 1st place in 1980 and 1990, 2nd place in 2008, 3rd place in 2009, 8th place in 2011)
  • Ji-hu (2nd place in 2009, 7th place in 2011)
Feminine
  • Eun-ji (3rd place in 1990)
  • Min-ji (4th place in 1990)
  • Ji-eun (4th place in 1980, 2nd place in 1990)
  • Ji-hye (1st place in 1980 and 1990)
  • Ji-hyun (10th place in 1990)
  • Ji-min (3rd place in 2008, 6th place in 2009 and 2011)
  • Ji-woo (8th place in 2008, 4th place in 2009, 5th place in 2011)
  • Ji-yeon (7th place in 1980)
  • Ji-yoon (9th place in 2011)
  • Ji-young (1st place in 1970, 3rd place in 1980, 10th place in 1990)

Other names containing this syllable include:

First syllable
Second syllable

People

People with the single-syllable given name Ji include:

  • Shin Ji (born 1981 as Lee Jee-seon), South Korean singer and lyricist

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