Jejuan
Jeju, often called Jejueo or Jejuan in English-language scholarship, is a Koreanic language originally from Jeju Island, South Korea. It is not mutually intelligible with mainland Korean dialects. While it was historically considered a divergent Jeju dialect of the Korean language, it is increasingly referred to as a separate language in its own right.
Meaning & Origin of Jejuan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jeju, often called Jejueo or Jejuan in English-language scholarship, is a Koreanic language originally from Jeju Island, South Korea. It is not mutually intelligible with mainland Korean dialects. While it was historically considered a divergent Jeju dialect of the Korean language, it is increasingly referred to as a separate language in its own right.
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The Story of Jejuan
American parents first put Jejuan on the record books as a baby boy name in 1973, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 16 Jejuans were born — ranking #4,059 that year. About 45% of every Jejuan on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Jejuan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 217 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jejuan
Jejuan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 217 births in the dataset. Jejuan's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #4,059. Use the chart and map above to compare Jejuan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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