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
Cha Ji-yeon (born 1982), South Korean singer and actress
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 (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), member of girl group Lovelyz
Bona (born Kim Jiyeon, 1995), member of girl group Cosmic Girls
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
Seo Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean sabre fencer
Park Ji-yeon (gymnast) (born 1994), South Korean gymnast
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
Choi, Jiyeon, Korean-American college student, mushroom extraordinaire, dislikes the term "ratchet"
Fictional characters with this name include:
Kwon Ji-yeon, in American television series Lost, for whom the episode Ji-yeon is named
