Entry № 3816 · Korean origin

Min Min — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEEN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Clever, gentle, jade"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Chinese)

A name that means "clever, gentle, jade".

Min in Korean and Chinese is written with various hanja/kanji characters. 敏 means "clever" or "agile." 旼 means "gentle" or "affectionate." 玟 means "streaks in jade." 民 means "the people." Each character gives the name a different shade.

Min is most often used in Korea as one syllable of a longer two-syllable name (Minji, Minseo, Minah), but it stands on its own in some Western adoptions. The pop group BTS's RM has popularised Korean names internationally.

Clever in one kanji. Gentle in another. Jade in a third.

The name in its native script.

敏 · 旼 · 民
Transliteration
Min
Pronunciation
/ miːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Min stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Min · last year
142 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Mins before her.

Real people
Min Hee-jin
Korean music executive and producer.
born 1979
In fiction
Min
Common contemporary character name.

Names connected to Min.

The number behind Min.

5

The Free Spirit

Min reduces to five — the number of clever motion.

Why families chose this name.

"One syllable. We picked the character 敏 — clever. Our hopes for her, in one word."
Soo-jin · Mother of one · Seoul