Tae-young
Tae-young is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "tae" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
| Tae-young | |
| Hangul | 태영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Tae-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'aeyŏng |
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Yoon Tae-young (born 1974), South Korean actor
- Ki Tae-young (born Kim Yong-woo, 1978), South Korean actor and singer
- Son Tae-young (born 1980), South Korean actress
- Kim Tae-young (born 2003), member of Cravity
Politicians and public policy figures
- Ham Tae-young (1873–1954), leader of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, later a South Korean politician
- Lee Tai-young (1914–1988), South Korea's first female lawyer
- Kim Tae-young (military) (born 1949), South Korean male general, later Minister of Defense
Sportspeople
- Kim Tae-young (footballer, born 1970), South Korean male football left and centre back (K-League Classic)
- Taiei Kin (born 1970), Japanese male kickboxer of Korean descent
- Lee Tea-young (born 1977), South Korean male handball player
- Han Tae-young (born 1979), South Korean male Greco-Roman wrestler
- Yang Tae-young (born 1980), South Korean male gymnast
- Kim Tae-young (footballer, born 1982), South Korean male football defender (Thai League 2)
- Kim Tae-young (footballer, born 1987), South Korean male football midfielder (K-League Challenge)
- Lee Tae-young (born 1987), South Korean male football midfielder (Cambodian League)
See also
- List of Korean given names
- Richard Rutt (1925–2011), English Roman Catholic missionary in South Korea, who used the Korean name No Taeyŏng
References
- "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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