Fun Facts About the Name Yumin
- 11 babies named Yumin: U.S. records list 11 babies given the name Yumin from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 boys received the name Yumin.
What Does the Name Yumin Mean?
Yumin is a Korean given name written 유민 in Hangul. It does not have a single fixed meaning: the name is formed from two Sino-Korean syllables, and its sense depends on the hanja (Chinese characters) chosen for them. The first syllable, yu (유), can represent characters such as 裕 ("abundant") or 瑜 ("fine jade"); the second, min (민), can represent 敏 ("quick, clever"), 民 ("people"), or 旻 ("heaven"). A combination such as 裕民 has the literal components "abundant" and "people," while 瑜敏 combines "fine jade" with "quick, clever." The romanized form does not show which characters are intended, so no single translation can be assigned to Yumin without them.
Yumin Name History & Origins
The Hangul spelling 유민 is the Korean form that the romanization Yumin represents. Both syllables, yu and min, are common elements in Korean given names, and names of this Sino-Korean type build a given name from characters borrowed from Chinese and read with Korean pronunciations. The Hangul spelling records the sound but not the hanja, so different bearers can carry the same spoken and written name with different character-based derivations. In present-day Korean use, many given names are registered in Hangul only, and the characters behind a name like Yumin are not always preserved in official records. The English form Yumin is a transliteration of the Korean pronunciation and does not add an independent etymology.
How Popular is the Name Yumin?
Yumin has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #13,184 in 2004.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,888 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | #13,184 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Yumin Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual. You hate bondage in any form. You have love of beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You are willing to take spiritual matters on faith instead of subjecting them to mental analysis. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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