Min-jae explained

Hangul:	민재
Hanja:	,, and others
Mr:	Minjae
Rr:	Min-jae

Min-jae is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 20 hanja with the reading "jae" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[1] Min-jae was the ninth-most-popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 2009.^[2]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

• Kim Min-jae (actor, born 1979), South Korean actor
• Kim Min-jae (actor, born 1996), South Korean actor

Sportspeople

• Kim Min-jae (baseball) (born 1973), South Korean third base coach and former shortstop (Korea Baseball Organization)
• Jeon Min-jae (born 1977), South Korean Paralympic athlete
• Kim Min-jae (weightlifter) (born 1983), South Korean weightlifter
• Kang Min-jae (born 1985), South Korean racing driver
• Kim Min-jae (footballer) (born 1996), South Korean footballer
• Min-jae Kwak (born 2000), South Korean footballer

Fictional characters

• Kang Min-jae, in 2004 South Korean television series My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 30 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123222/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf. 29 August 2017. 17.
2. News: 남자 → '민준' 여자 → '서연' 가장 많아 . 류인하 [Ryu In-ha]. 'Min-jun' #1 for boys, 'Seo-yeon' for girls . Law Times . 20 January 2010 . 26 May 2019.