At a Glance: Name: Jeongyeon – Origin: Korean (hanja-based) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: JUHNG-yun
Jeongyeon 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 Jeongyeon
Origin: Korean (hanja-based).
A common claim: Baby-name sites give Jeongyeon as meaning 'righteous and tender', from hanja 貞 + 연. Actually: 연 isn't a hanja here (no character given), so 'tender' isn't attributable to any character -- only half the claimed compound meaning has a source at all.
How to Pronounce Jeongyeon
Phonetic: JUHNG-yun IPA: /ˈdʒʌŋjʌn/
Popularity of Jeongyeon
Jeongyeon 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.
Lists That Include Jeongyeon
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