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:
Athletes
Pearl Sinn (born Sinn Ji-young, 1967), South Korean-born American female golfer
Lee Ji-young (field hockey) (born 1971), South Korean female field hockey player
Lee Jee-young (born 1985), South Korean female golfer
Lee Ji-young (born 1986), South Korean male baseball player
Oh Ji-young (born 1988), South Korean female volleyball player
Oh Ji-young (golfer) (born 1988), South Korean female golfer
Lee Ji-young (swimmer) (born 1989), South Korean female swimmer
Entertainers
Kim Ji-young (actress born 1938), South Korean actress
Park Ji-young (actress) (born 1968), South Korean actress
Kim Ji-young (actress born 1974), South Korean actress
Baek Ji-young (born 1976), South Korean female pop and ballad singer
Kim Ji-yeong (voice actress) (born 1976), South Korean voice actress
Park Ji-young (born 1980), stage name Kahi (singer), South Korean pop singer and actress
Seo Ji-young (born 1981), South Korean pop singer, member of girl group S#arp
Lee Ji-young (born 1986), stage name Lee Hae-in, South Korean actress
Kang Ji-young (born 1994), South Korean female idol singer
Kim Ji-young (actress born 2005), South Korean actress
Rhee Ji-yeong (fl. 2000s), South Korean voice actress
Others
Chung Ji-young (born 1949), South Korean male novelist
Gong Ji-young (born 1962), South Korean female novelist
Boo Ji-young (born 1971), South Korean female filmmaker
Jeannie Chi-Young Suk (born 1973), South Korean-born American female law professor
Ji-Young Kim (born 1978), South Korean ballerina
Lim Ji-young (born 1995), South Korean violinist
Chi-young Kim, South Korean-born American male literary translator