Entry № 11749 · Korean origin

Yeji Yeji — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YEH-jee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Korean
Meaning
"Art + wisdom (ITZY K-pop leader)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Korean)

A name that means "art + wisdom (itzy k-pop leader)".

Yeji is from the Korean ye (예 — art, talent) + ji (지 — wisdom). Yeji in modern Korean naming — has surged in popularity since 2019 due to ITZY's global success. Princess Yeji — modern Korean royal heritage naming.

Art + wisdom (Korean).

The name in its native script.

예지
Transliteration
Yeji
Pronunciation
/ ˈjɛ.dʒi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yeji stands.

Yeji 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.

Yejis before her.

Real people
Hwang Yeji (ITZY)
Korean ITZY leader.
born 2000
In fiction
Yeji
Korean art + wisdom.

Names connected to Yeji.

The number behind Yeji.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Yeji reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.