Ji-eun
Origin
Korean
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
wisdom and grace in common hanja. Birth name of the singer IU (Lee Ji-eun) and a staple of the ji- generation born in the 1980s and 90s, the cohort now giving its own daughters newer ji- names like Ji-ah and Ji-woo.
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ji-eun has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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