Ji-yeon, also spelled Ji-yun, Ji-yon, Ji-yean, Jee-yeon, Jee-yon, Chee-yun, Chi-yun, Chi-yon is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji"^[1] and 56 hanja with the reading "yeon"^[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Ji-yeon was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980.^[3]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Myung Ji-yun (born 1975), South Korean actress
• Gummy (singer) (born Park Ji-yeon, 1981), South Korean singer
• Lina (South Korean singer) (born Lee Ji-yeon, 1984), South Korean musical actress and singer, member of girl group The Grace
• Lim Ji-yeon (born 1990), South Korean actress
• Park Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of girl group T-ara
• Kei (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), South Korean singer, member of girl group Lovelyz and El7z Up
• Bona (singer) (born Kim Ji-yeon, 1995), South Korean singer, member of girl group Cosmic Girls

Sportspeople

• Hong Ji-yeon (born 1970), South Korean volleyball player
• Nam Jie-youn (born 1983), South Korean volleyball player
• Kim Ji-yeon (born 1988), South Korean sabre fencer
• Ji Yeon Kim (fighter) (born 1988), South Korean mixed martial artist
• Seo Ji-yeon (born 1993), South Korean sabre fencer
• Choi Ji-yeon (born 1998), South Korean ice hockey player

Others

• Melissa Lee (Korean name Lee Jiyun; born 1960s), South Korean-born New Zealand politician
• Kim Chee-yun (born 1970), South Korean violinist
• Jeanne You (Korean name You Ji-yeoun; born 1978), South Korean classical pianist
• Ji-Yeon Yuh, American sociologist of Korean descent

Fictional characters

• Kwon Ji-yeon, in American television series Lost, for whom the episode Ji-yeon is named
• Jee-Yun Buckley Han, in American television series 9-1-1