Yu-jin

Yu-jin
Hangul	유진
Hanja	楢眞, 有眞, and others
Revised Romanization	Yu-jin
McCune–Reischauer	Yujin

Yu-jin, also spelled Yoo-jin, is a unisex given name of Korean origin, its meaning dependent upon the hanja used to write it. There are numerous possibilities as to how to spell the name in hanja; there are 62 hanja that can be used to represent the yu sound and 48 hanja that can be used to represent the jin sound.^[1] The name is popular as not only is a traditional Korean name but can be romanized as Eugene, allowing children to have not only a name that is Korean in origin but easy for Westerners to pronounce.^[2] In the early 2000s, Yu-jin was among the most popular names for baby boys, but later in the decade, it saw a fall in popularity, and by 2008 Yu-jin had fallen out of the top ten.^[3]

People

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

Kim Yoo-jin (footballer, born 1981), South Korean female footballer
Kim Yoo-jin (footballer, born 1983), South Korean male football player
Jeong You-jin (born 1983), South Korean male sport shooter
Lim Yu-jin (born 1983), South Korean female volleyball player
Ji Yoo-jin (born 1988), South Korean female rower
Hong Yoo-jin (born 1989), South Korean female field hockey player
Choi Yu-jin (figure skater) (born 2000), South Korean female figure skater
Jang Yu-jin (born 2001), South Korean female freestyle skier

Film and television actors

Ryu Jin (born Im Yu-jin, 1972), South Korean actor
Eugene (actress) (born Kim Yoo-jin, 1981), South Korean actress and idol singer, member of S.E.S.
So Yoo-jin (born 1981), South Korean actress
Uee (born Kim Yu-jin, 1988), South Korean actress and idol singer
Jung Yoo-jin (born 1989), South Korean actress
Eugene Lee Yang (born 1986), American comedian and member of The Try Guys

Singers

Lee Yoo-jin (actress) (born 1977), South Korean female actress and model
H-Eugene (born Heo Yu-jin, 1979), South Korean male recording artist
Neon Bunny (born Im Yujin, 1983), South Korean singer-songwriter
Eyedi (born Nam Yu-jin, 1995), South Korean female singer-songwriter
Choi Yu-jin (born 1996), South Korean female singer, member of CLC and leader of Kep1er
An Yu-jin (born 2003), South Korean female singer, leader of Ive (formerly Iz*One)

Other

Kim Yoo-jin (director) (born 1950), South Korean male director
Yoojin Grace Wuertz (born 1980), South Korean-born American female novelist
Kim Yoo-jin (StarCraft player) (born 1993), South Korean male professional StarCraft II player

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with this name include:

Jung Yoo-jin, in 2002 South Korean television series Winter Sonata
Choi Yu-Jin, in 2018 South Korean television series Mr. Sunshine
Yun-Jin Lee, in Dead by Daylight DLC - All Kill Chapter
Lee Yu-Jin, in 2021 South Korean drama [Imitation]

References

^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
^ "Customs: Korean names". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
^ 이진희 [Yi Jin-hui] (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2012-10-27.

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[1] "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

[2] "Customs: Korean names". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2012-10-28.

[3] 이진희 [Yi Jin-hui] (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2012-10-27.

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