Ji-young

Ji-young, also spelled Jee-young, Ji-yeong, or Chi-young, is a Korean given name. 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.^[1]

Ji-young
Hangul	지영
RR	Jiyeong
MR	Chiyŏng
IPA	[tɕijʌŋ]

People with this name include:

Athletes

• Mo Ji-yeong (born 1964), South Korean male field hockey player
• 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 (baseball) (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 1969), 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
• Kahi (singer) (born Park Ji-young, 1980), South Korean pop singer and actress
• Seo Ji-young (born 1981), South Korean pop singer, member of girl group Sharp
• Lee Hae-in (actress) (born Lee Ji-young, 1986), South Korean actress
• Kang Ji-young (born 1994), South Korean female idol singer, member of girl group Kara
• Ahn Ji-young (born 1995), South Korean female singer, member of duo Bolbbalgan4
• 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 1963), 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
• JeeYoung Lee (born 1983), South Korean female visual artist
• Lim Ji-young (born 1995), South Korean female violinist
• Jiyeong Mun (born 1995), South Korean female classical pianist
• Chi-young Kim, South Korean-born American male literary translator

Fictional characters

• Kim Ji-young, the title character of the 2016 novel Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
• Na Ji-young, the title character of the 2017 television series Individualist Ms. Ji-young
• Ji-yeong, a recurring character in the 2021 television series Squid Game
• Ji-Young, a Sesame Street Muppet introduced in 2021

See also

• List of Korean given names