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Tae-yeon태연

Tae-yeon brings together “great and peaceful” and “graceful.” Like your name, you are someone who moves through life with grace and lives a great and peaceful life.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
泰娟泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 娟 ‘graceful’
泰(클 태) + 娟(예쁠 연)
泰姸泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 姸 ‘lovely’
泰(클 태) + 姸(고울 연)
泰延泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 延 ‘to extend’
泰(클 태) + 延(늘일 연)
太娟太 ‘great’ + 娟 ‘graceful’
太(클 태) + 娟(예쁠 연)
太姸太 ‘great’ + 姸 ‘lovely’
太(클 태) + 姸(고울 연)
太延太 ‘great’ + 延 ‘to extend’
太(클 태) + 延(늘일 연)

Who it's given to

Tae-yeon is given to both girls and boys.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Tae-yeon. Say it like teh-yun.

태ㅌ + ㅐ
연ㅇ + ㅕ + ㄴ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

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