What is "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.

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