Ji-young, also spelled Jee-young or Chi-young, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 36 hanja with the reading "ji" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in personal names. It was the most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1970, falling to third place in 1980 and tenth place in 1990.
Notable people with the name include:
AthletesPearl Sinn (born Sinn Ji-young, 1967), South Korean-born American female golferLee Ji-young (field hockey) (born 1971), South Korean female field hockey playerLee Jee-young (born 1985), South Korean female golferLee Ji-young (born 1986), South Korean male baseball playerOh Ji-young (born 1988), South Korean female volleyball playerOh Ji-young (golfer) (born 1988), South Korean female golferLee Ji-young (swimmer) (born 1989), South Korean female swimmerEntertainersKim Ji-young (actress born 1938), South Korean actressPark Ji-young (actress) (born 1968), South Korean actressKim Ji-young (actress born 1974), South Korean actressBaek Ji-young (born 1976), South Korean female pop and ballad singerKim Ji-yeong (voice actress) (born 1976), South Korean voice actressPark Ji-young (born 1980), stage name Kahi (singer), South Korean pop singer and actressSeo Ji-young (born 1981), South Korean pop singer, member of girl group S#arpLee Ji-young (born 1986), stage name Lee Hae-in, South Korean actressKang Ji-young (born 1994), South Korean female idol singerKim Ji-young (actress born 2005), South Korean actressRhee Ji-yeong (fl. 2000s), South Korean voice actressOthersChung Ji-young (born 1949), South Korean male novelistGong Ji-young (born 1962), South Korean female novelistBoo Ji-young (born 1971), South Korean female filmmakerJeannie Chi-Young Suk (born 1973), South Korean-born American female law professorJi-Young Kim (born 1978), South Korean ballerinaLim Ji-young (born 1995), South Korean violinistChi-young Kim, South Korean-born American male literary translator