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Yeo-jeong여정

Yeo-jeong brings together “beautiful” and “upright.” Like your name, you are someone who is beautiful and lives honestly and uprightly.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
麗正麗 ‘beautiful’ + 正 ‘upright’
麗(고울 려) + 正(바를 정)
麗貞麗 ‘beautiful’ + 貞 ‘steadfast’
麗(고울 려) + 貞(곧을 정)
麗晶麗 ‘beautiful’ + 晶 ‘crystal clear’
麗(고울 려) + 晶(맑을 정)
女正女 ‘girl’ + 正 ‘upright’
女(계집 녀) + 正(바를 정)
女貞女 ‘girl’ + 貞 ‘steadfast’
女(계집 녀) + 貞(곧을 정)
女晶女 ‘girl’ + 晶 ‘crystal clear’
女(계집 녀) + 晶(맑을 정)

Who it's given to

Yeo-jeong is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yeo-jeong. Say it like yuh-jung.

여ㅇ + ㅕ
정ㅈ + ㅓ + ㅇ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

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