Hyun-jin
Hangul
현진
Hanja
, , , , and others
Revised RomanizationHyeonjin
McCune–ReischauerHyŏnjin
IPA[çjʌ̹nd͡ʑin]

Hyun-jin, also spelled Hyeon-jin or Hyon-jin, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

  • Lee Hyun-jin (footballer) (born 1984), South Korean male football winger and striker (K-League)
  • Ryu Hyun-jin (born 1985), South Korean male baseball pitcher
  • Yong Jae-hyun (born Yong Hyun-jin, 1988), South Korean male football player
  • Sim Hyon-jin (born 1991), North Korean male football left back and left midfielder

Television, film, and music

Other

  • Simon Ok Hyun-jin (born 1968), South Korean Roman Catholic priest, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Gwangju
  • Hyun Jin Moon (born 1969), South Korean-born American businessman, son of Unification Church leader Sun-Myung Moon

See also

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 6 October 2018.
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