Tae-yeon is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
used to write each syllable of the name.
Hanja
There are 20 hanja with the reading "
tae" and 39 hanja with the reading "
yeon
Yeon or less commonly Youn (연) is a Korean surname. The name may correspond to the Chinese surnames Yan (燕, 延) or Lian (連). The hanja 延 is much more common than 燕 and 連. Yeon may also refer to the extinct surname (淵).
Origin
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" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:
* (바꿀 태, 고울 연), with hanja meaning "change" and "beautiful"/"kind-hearted"
* (클 태, 고울 연), with hanja meaning "great" and "beautiful"/"kind-hearted"
* (클 태, 거만할 연), with hanja meaning "great" and "proud"
* (클 태, 늘일 연), with hanja meaning "great" and "lengthen"
Some ways of writing the name use hanja for "yeon" that are not on the South Korean government's list of name hanja:
* (클 태, 가냘플 연), with hanja meaning "great" and "thin"
* (클 태, 종대추나무 연), with hanja meaning "great" and a kind of ''
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People
People with this name include:
;Entertainers
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Won Tae-yeon (born 1971), South Korean male film director
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Kim Tae-yeon (actress) (born 1976), South Korean actress
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Kim Tae-yeon
Kim Tae-yeon (; born March 9, 1989), known mononymously as Taeyeon, is a South Korean singer. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one ...
(born 1989), South Korean female singer, member of girl group
Girls' Generation
;Sportspeople
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Ha Tae-yeon (born 1976), South Korean male wrestler
*
Jin Taiyan (born 1989), Chinese male footballer of Korean descent
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Kim Tae-yeon (footballer) (born 1988), South Korean male footballer
;Others
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Kim Tae-yeon (painter) (born 1986), South Korean female painter
Fictional characters with this name include:
*Kim Tae-yeon, female character in 2005 South Korean film ''
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*Min Tae-yeon, male character in 2011 South Korean television series ''
Vampire Prosecutor
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See also
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List of Korean given names
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Taeyang (disambiguation)
References
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Korean unisex given names