Tae-young
| Tae-young | |
| Hangul | 태영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 泰泳, 泰榮, 泰映, 泰英, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Tae-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'aeyŏng |
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]
People with this name include:
- Entertainers
- Yoon Tae-young (born 1974), South Korean actor
- Ki Tae-young (born 1978), South Korean actor and singer
- Son Tae-young (born 1980), South Korean actress
- 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 (Army) (born 1949), South Korean male general, later Minister of Defense
- Sportspeople
- Kim Tae-young (footballer born 1970), South Korean male footballer
- Taiei Kin (born 1970), Japanese male kickboxer of Korean descent
- Han Tae-young (born 1979), South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler
- Yang Tae-Young (born 1980), South Korean male gymnast
- Kim Tae-young (footballer born 1982), South Korean male footballer
- Kim Tae-young (footballer born 1987), South Korean male footballer
- Lee Tae-young (born 1987), South Korean male footballer
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. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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