Entry № 4956 · Korean origin

Jiyoung Jiyoung — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JEE-young /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Wisdom + glory (iconic KARA Park Jiyoung)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "wisdom + glory (iconic kara park jiyoung)".

Jiyoung is from the Korean ji (지 — wisdom) + young (영 — glory, eternal). Park Jiyoung (Loona) — Korean singer. Princess Jiyoung — modern Korean heritage naming.

Wisdom + glory (Korean).

The name in its native script.

지영
Transliteration
Jiyoung
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒiː.jʌŋ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jiyoung stands.

Jiyoung does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Jiyoungs before her.

Real people
Park Jiyoung (KARA)
Korean KARA K-pop member.
born 1994
In fiction
Kim Jiyoung Born 1982
Iconic 2016 Korean feminist novel.
2016

Names connected to Jiyoung.

The number behind Jiyoung.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jiyoung reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.