What does 민재 mean?
1,189 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
민재 Min-jae
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
민재 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.
僶forcefully岷Minshan mountain range in northern Sichuan and southern Gansu, Min River忟(Cant.) impatient, restless悶gloomy, depressed, melancholy愍pity, sympathize with憫pity, sympathize with, grieve for抿pucker up lips in smile; press敃strong; robust; vigorous敏fast, quick, clever, smart旻heaven旼gentle and affable暋strong, robust, tough
再again, twice, re-哉final exclamatory particle在be at, in, on; consist in, rest宰to slaughter; to rule崽a child, a servant; a diminutive才talent, ability; just, only材material, stuff; timber; talent栽to cultivate, plant; to care for plants梓Chinese catalpa, Catalpa ovata滓sediment, lees, dregs災calamity, disaster, catastrophe灾calamity, disaster, catastrophe
Usage history
민재 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 민재
Is 민재 a boy or girl name?
The stored evidence currently labels this name male. Observed evidence: 9,550 male and 0 female registrations in stored national Top-20 rows.
How popular is 민재?
2008 is the first year this name appears in the stored national Court ranked-name evidence. Its highest stored national yearly is 1,812 in 2012. Among the two most recent consecutive observed years, the count was lower in 2013 (1,446 vs 1,812, 20.2% lower). This describes only the published national top-name series.
How is 민재 romanized?
Navigation romanization: Min-jae · Minjae · Min jae. Romanization can vary by convention and personal preference.
Related Korean names
Names like 민재 (Min-jae)
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 usage category
서준 · SeojunSame stored gender evidence label도윤 · DoyunSame stored gender evidence label시우 · SiuSame stored gender evidence label예준 · YejunSame stored gender evidence label지호 · JihoSame stored gender evidence label하준 · HajunSame stored gender evidence label주원 · JuwonSame stored gender evidence label도현 · DohyeonSame stored gender evidence label준우 · JunuSame stored gender evidence label선우 · SeonuSame stored gender evidence label지후 · JihuSame stored gender evidence label건우 · GeonuSame stored gender evidence label우진 · UjinSame stored gender evidence label준서 · JunseoSame stored gender evidence label현우 · HyeonuSame stored gender evidence label