Yu-jin

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]

Yu-jin
Hangul
Hanja
楢眞, 有眞, and others
Revised RomanizationYu-jin
McCune–ReischauerYujin

People

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

Film and television actors

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
  • Sung Yoo-jin (born 1992), South Korean female singer, member of The SeeYa
  • Kim You-jin (born 1993), South Korean male singer, member of KNK
  • Choi Yoo-jin (born 1996), South Korean female singer, member of CLC
  • Ahn Yu-jin (born 2003), South Korean female singer, member of Iz*One

Other

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

See also
  • Eugene Group, South Korean chaebol with business interests in construction, media, and other industries

References
  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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