Tae (Korean given name)

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Tae
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Revised RomanizationTae
McCune–ReischauerT'ae

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.

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

Notable people

People with the single-syllable given name Tae include:

As name element

Given names containing this element include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 44. Retrieved 2013-10-17.