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Tae-young

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Tae-young
Hangul
태영
Hanja
, , 泰映, , and others
Revised RomanizationTae-yeong
McCune–ReischauerT'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

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Politicians and public policy figures

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  • 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 (military) (born 1949), South Korean male general, later Minister of Defense

Sportspeople

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Fictional characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2013-10-17.