Recommended English Name

JI YEON
Korean reading ㅈ이 이어ㄴ
JI
Matches the official Korean romanization rules.
Korean reading ㅈ이
YEON
Matches the official Korean romanization rules.
Korean reading 이어ㄴ
MOFA standard romanization (expected) JI YEON Korean readingㅈ이 이어ㄴ

Compare with the official recommendation on the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

About this recommendation

The spelling JI YEON for 지연 is recommended from official passport statistics published by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, combined with the national romanization rules. Percentages show how Koreans with the same syllables actually spell them on their passports.

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