Hyo-jin

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Hyo-jin
Hangul
효진
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHyo-jin
McCune–ReischauerHyojin

Hyo-jin is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "hyo" and 47 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:

Entertainers[edit]

  • Gong Hyo-jin (born 1980), South Korean actress
  • Kim Hyo-jin (born 1981), stage name JeA, South Korean singer, member of girl group Brown Eyed Girls
  • Park Hyo-jin (born 1981), stage name Narsha, South Korean singer, member of girl group Brown Eyed Girls
  • Kim Hyo-jin (born 1984), South Korean actress
  • Bang Hyo-jin (born 1988), stage name Go Eun-ah, South Korean actress
  • Ahn Hyo-jin (born 1991), stage name LE, South Korean female singer, member of girl group EXID

Sportspeople[edit]

  • Choi Hyo-jin (born 1983), South Korean male football wingback (K League 1)
  • Yeo Hyo-Jin (born 1983), South Korean male football defender (K League 2)
  • Ku Hyo-jin (born 1985), South Korean female swimmer
  • Yang Hyo-jin (born 1989), South Korean female volleyball player
  • Lee Hyo-jin (born 1994), South Korean female handball player

Other[edit]

  • Hyo Jin Moon (1964–2008), eldest son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2018.