What does 지원 mean?
4,081 mechanical Hanja combinations exist across the current legal reading sets for these syllables. That does not prove every combination is attested, natural or intended.
Korean given name
지원 Ji-won
The Hangul spelling identifies the observed name form. Romanization is a navigation aid. A full-name meaning depends on the Hanja actually chosen, so compatible character meanings stay separate instead of being collapsed into one translation.
Meaning boundary
지원 does not have one reliable English meaning without a specific Hanja spelling. The choices below are character-level evidence and compatible readings, not a claim about any individual person’s actual spelling or intended meaning.
之marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to厎settle只only, just, simply吱chirping, squeaking, hissing咫foot measure of Zhou dynasty地earth; soil, ground; region址site, location, land for house坻an islet, a rock in a river; an embankment; to stop墀porch; courtyard; steps leading實real, true, solid, honest志purpose, will, determination; annals扺to strike one's palm with one's fist
元first; dollar; origin; head冤grievance, injustice, wrong原source, origin, beginning員member; personnel, staff member園garden; park, orchard圓circle; round, circular; complete垣low wall婉amiable, congenial; restrained媛beauty, beautiful woman嫄an ancient emperor's mother's name, Qiang Yuan, consort to Gu寃grievance, injustice, wrong怨hatred, enmity, resentment
Usage history
지원 in Korean Supreme Court name statistics
The national series records published ranked-name observations; absence from a year is not treated as zero registrations.
Name questions
Meaning, gender and popularity for 지원
Is 지원 a boy or girl name?
The stored evidence currently labels this name female. Observed evidence: 0 male and 9,983 female registrations in stored national Top-20 rows.
How popular is 지원?
2008 is the first year this name appears in the stored national Court ranked-name evidence. Its highest stored national yearly is 1,790 in 2008. A recent direction is not stated unless two consecutive observed years are both present in the published national top-name series.
How is 지원 romanized?
Navigation romanization: Ji-won · Jiwon · Ji won. Romanization can vary by convention and personal preference.
Related Korean names
Names like 지원 (Ji-won)
These are evidence-backed discovery links based on spelling position or stored usage category. They do not imply the same Hanja, meaning, family relationship or pronunciation preference.
Same opening syllable
Same ending syllable
Same usage category
서윤 · SeoyunSame stored gender evidence label서연 · SeoyeonSame stored gender evidence label하윤 · HayunSame stored gender evidence label하은 · HaeunSame stored gender evidence label서현 · SeohyeonSame stored gender evidence label민서 · MinseoSame stored gender evidence label윤서 · YunseoSame stored gender evidence label서아 · SeoaSame stored gender evidence label수아 · SuaSame stored gender evidence label하린 · HarinSame stored gender evidence label