Inyoung: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Inyoung – Origin: Korean (hanja-based) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: een-YUNG


Inyoung is a Korean (hanja-based) girl's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Korean Baby Girl Names With Stunning Meanings.

Meaning & Origin of Inyoung

Origin: Korean (hanja-based).

A common claim: Baby-name sites give Inyoung as meaning 'benevolent flower', from hanja 仁 + 榮. Actually: 榮 means 'glory,' 'honor,' or 'flourishing' — not 'flower.' There's no evidence this specific hanja pairing was used for an actual name-bearer.

How to Pronounce Inyoung

Phonetic: een-YUNG   IPA: /iːnˈjʌŋ/

Popularity of Inyoung

Inyoung doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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