Jin is an East Asian name written with many different characters, so its meaning depends on the family: in Chinese it often means "gold" or "advance", in Korean "truth" or "precious", and in Japanese it can stand for "benevolence". It is a common element in longer Chinese and Korean names and also appears as a short given name on its own. In the United States Jin sat around number 3500 in the late 2010s, improved to a peak of number 2203 in 2023 and ranks number 2433 in 2025 with 56 boys.