Hye-jin ( or ) is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "
hye" and 47 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table at right.
It was the second-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980, falling to fifth by 1990.
People
People with this name include:
Entertainers
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Jang Hye-jin (singer)
Jang Hye-jin (; born 15 May 1965) is a South Korean singer.
Discography
Album
*1991: 1st album "In My Dreams Always" (꿈속에선 언제나)
*1992: 2nd album "White"
*1994: 3rd album "Before The Party"
*1996: 4th album "Temptation"
*1998: ...
(born 1965), South Korean singer
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Shim Hye-jin (born Shim Sang-gun, 1967), South Korean actress
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Jang Hye-jin (actress)
Jang Hye-jin ( ko, 장혜진; born September 5, 1975) is a South Korean actress. She is best known internationally for her role as Kim Chung-sook in the Academy Award winning film ''Parasite''.
Career
Hye-jin was born in Busan on September 5, ...
(born 1975), South Korean actress
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Kim Hye-jin (actress)
Kim Hye-jin (born February 28, 1975) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role in the 2009 television series ''Iris''. She has appeared in ''Sweet 18'' (2004), ''My Rosy Life'' (2005), ''The Secret of Birth'' (2013) and many mo ...
(born 1975), South Korean actress
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Jeon Hye-jin (actress, born 1976)
Jeon Hye-jin (born August 10, 1976) is a South Korean actress. She starred in Lee Joon-ik's historical drama ''The Throne (film), The Throne'' (2015), for which she won a 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards, Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting ...
, South Korean actress
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Han Hye-jin (actress)
Han Hye-jin (; born October 27, 1981) is a South Korean actress. Han made her breakthrough in 2005 when she starred as a young widow in her 20s working as an outgoing hairdresser in the hit daily drama ''Be Strong, Geum-soon!''. Among her notable ...
(born 1981), South Korean actress
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Han Hye-jin (model) (born 1983), South Korean fashion model
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Jeon Hye-jin (actress, born 1988), South Korean actress
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Hwasa
Ahn Hye-jin (, born July 23, 1995), known professionally by her stage name Hwasa (), is a South Korean singer, rapper, and television personality currently signed to RBW. She debuted as a member of the girl group Mamamoo in 2014. She made her ...
(born Ahn Hye-jin, 1995), South Korean singer, member of girl group
Mamamoo
Mamamoo (, stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote ...
Sportspeople
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Cho Hey-jin (born 1973), South Korean basketball player
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Lee Hye-jin (sport shooter)
Lee Hye-jin (born 16 November 1985) is a South Korean sport shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ...
(born 1985), South Korean sport shooter
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Chang Hye-jin (born 1987), South Korean archer
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Choi Hye-jin (born 1991), South Korean golfer
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Lee Hye-jin (born 1991), South Korean track cyclist
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Kim Hye-jin (swimmer)
Kim Hye-Jin (born May 3, 1994, in Chungcheongnam-do) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Kim qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entr ...
(born 1994), South Korean swimmer
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Cho Hye-jin (field hockey) (born 1995), South Korean field hockey player
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
References
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Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names