| Tae-yong | |
| Hangul | 태용 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 太庸, 台龍, 泰容, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Tae-yong |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'aeyong |
Tae-yong is a Korean masculine 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 24 hanja with the reading "yong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Additionally, there is one character with the reading "ryong" which may also be written and pronounced "yong" in South Korea.
Notable people with this name include:
- Cho Tae-yong (born 1956), South Korean diplomat
- Kim Tae-yong (born 1969), South Korean film director
- Kim Taeyong (writer) (born 1974), South Korean writer
- Kim Tae-yong (director, born 1987), South Korean film director
- Shin Tae-yong (born 1970), South Korean footballer
- Taeyong (born Lee Tae-yong, 1995), South Korean singer, member of boy bands NCT and SuperM
See also
References
- "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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