Tae (Korean given name)

Tae, also spelled Tai or Thae, is a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, and an element used in many two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning of this given name may have a variety of meanings depending on the hanja used to write it.

Tae
Hangul	태
Hanja	泰怠殆態汰兌台胎邰笞 苔跆颱鈦珆鮐脫娧迨
Revised Romanization	Tae
McCune–Reischauer	T'ae

As a given name

In given names, the meaning of "Tae" depends on the hanja used to write it. There are 20 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:^[1]

1. 太 (클 태 keul tae): "great"
2. 泰 (클 태 keul tae): "exalted"
3. 怠 (게으를 태 ge-eureul tae): "idle"
4. 殆 (거의 태 geo-ui tae, 위태할 태 witaehal tae): "almost", "dangerous"
5. 態 (모습 태 moseup tae): "form", "shape"
6. 汰 (일 태 il tae): "to wash"
7. 兌 (바꿀 태 bakkul tae): "to change"
8. 台 (별 태 byeol tae): "platform"
9. 胎 (아이 밸 태 ai bael tae): "unborn child"
10. 邰 (나라 이름 태 nara ireum tae): Tai, an ancient city-state in modern Shaanxi, China
11. 笞 (볼기 칠 태 bolgi chil tae): "to flog"
12. 苔 (이끼 태 ikki tae): "lichen"
13. 跆 (밟을 태 balbeul tae): "to trample"
14. 颱 (태풍 태, taepung tae): "typhoon"
15. 鈦 (티타늄 태 titanyum tae): "titanium"
16. 珆 (옥 무늬 태 ok munui tae): "jade pattern"
17. 鮐 (복어 태 bugeo tae): "blowfish"
18. 脫 (벗을 탈 beoseul tae): "to undress"
19. 娧 (아름다울 태 areumdaul tae): "beautiful"
20. 迨 (미칠 태 michil tae): "to arrive"

Notable people

People with the single-syllable given name Tae include:

• Buyeo Tae, Baekje prince, son of King Uija
• Wang T'ae, Goryeo prince, son of King Taejo

As name element

Given names containing this element include:

First syllable Tae-min Tae-hee Tae-ho Tae-hyun Tae-joon Tae-soo Tae-suk Tae-sung Tae-won Tae-hyung

Tae-woo Tae-wook Tae-woong Tae-yeon Tae-yong Tae-young Tae-il Tae-ri Tae-ha

Second syllable Hyun-tae Ji-tae Joon-tae Ki-tae Kyung-tae Young-tae Min-tae

See also

• List of Korean given names