Entry № 6890 · Korean origin

Minji Minji — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MIN-jee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Clever, intelligent"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "clever, intelligent".

Minji (민지) is a Korean name combining min (clever, quick) and ji (wisdom, intelligence).

Minji is widely used in Korea.

Clever wisdom. The Korean compound.

The name in its native script.

민지
Transliteration
Min-ji
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɪn.dʒi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Minji stands.

Minji 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.

Minjis before her.

Real people
Minji Kim
Member of K-pop group NewJeans.
born 2004
In fiction
Minji
Common in K-dramas.

Names connected to Minji.

The number behind Minji.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Minji reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.