Min-jae is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 20 hanja with the reading "jae" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Min-jae was the ninth-most-popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 2009.[2]
| Min-jae | |
| Hangul | 민재 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Min-jae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Minjae |
People with this name include:
Entertainers edit
- Kim Min-jae (actor, born 1979), South Korean actor
- Kim Min-jae (actor, born 1996), South Korean actor
Sportspeople edit
- Kim Min-jae (baseball) (born 1973), South Korean third base coach and former shortstop (Korea Baseball Organization)
- Jeon Min-jae (born 1977), South Korean Paralympic athlete
- Kim Min-jae (weightlifter) (born 1983), South Korean weightlifter
- Kang Min-jae (born 1985), South Korean racing driver
- Kim Min-jae (footballer) (born 1996), South Korean footballer
- Min-jae Kwak (born 2000), South Korean footballer
Fictional characters edit
- Kang Min-jae, in 2004 South Korean television series My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ 류인하 [Ryu In-ha] (20 January 2010). "남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아" ['Min-jun' #1 for boys, 'Seo-yeon' for girls]. Law Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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