Ji-won
| Ji-won | |
| Hangul | 지원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 知元, 知原, 志源, 志媛, 智源, 智媛, 智苑, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Ji-won |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chiwŏn |
Ji-won, also spelled Jee-won or Chi-won, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 35 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] Though it has never been one of the top 10 names for newborn boys or girls in South Korea, in the 2000s it began to become more common, as part of a rising trend of giving unisex names to babies.[2]
People with this name include:
- Entertainers
- Do Ji-won (born 1968), South Korean actress
- Ye Ji-won (born 1973), South Korean actress
- Uhm Ji-won (born 1977), South Korean actress
- Eun Ji-won (born 1978), South Korean male rapper
- Ha Ji-won (born Jeon Hae-rim, 1978), South Korean actress
- Wang Ji-won (born 1988), South Korean actress
- Yang Jiwon (born 1988), South Korean singer, member of girl group Spica
- Kim Ji-won (actress) (born 1992), South Korean actress
- Bobby (rapper) (born 1995 as Kim Jiwon), member of South Korean boy group iKON
- Sportspeople
- Kim Ji-won (boxer) (born 1959), South Korean male boxer
- Jang Ji-won (born 1979), South Korean female taekwondo practitioner
- Seo Jee-won (born 1994), South Korean female freestyle skier
- Others
- Park Ji-won (1737–1805), Joseon Dynasty male philosopher
- Park Jie-won (born 1942), South Korean male politician
- Kim Chi-won (1943–2013), South Korean female writer
- Yang Ji-won (academic) (born 1949), South Korean male chemistry professor
- Vittoria Yeo (Korean name Yeo Ji-won, born 1980), South Korean operatic soprano
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ "One in 60 Koreans Want to Change Their Names". The Chosun Ilbo. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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