Entry № 4926 · Korean origin

Jihye Jihye — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JEE-hyeh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Wisdom, intelligence"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "wisdom, intelligence".

Jihye (지혜) is the Korean word for "wisdom" — derived from the Sino-Korean characters meaning "wisdom and grace." Used as a feminine name in Korea.

Jihye is widely used in Korea.

Wisdom. The Korean intelligent grace.

The name in its native script.

지혜
Transliteration
Ji-hye
Pronunciation
/ dʒɪˈhjɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jihye stands.

Jihye does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Jihyes before her.

Real people

In fiction
Jihye
Common in K-dramas.

Names connected to Jihye.

The number behind Jihye.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jihye reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.