| Tae | |
| Hangul | 태 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 太:"great" |
| Revised Romanization | Tae |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'ae |
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Tae, also spelled Tai or Thae, is a rare Korean family name. It is written with a hanja character meaning "great".
| Tae | |
| Hangul | 태 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 太:"great" |
| Revised Romanization | Tae |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'ae |
Tae, also spelled Tai or Thae, is a rare Korean family name. It is written with a hanja character meaning "great".
As a rare Korean family name, Tae is written with only one hanja, meaning "great" (太). [1] They are a noble clan directly descended from the royal family of the Balhae dynasty. The clan ancestor is Dae Jung-sang, the father of the founder of Balhae, Dae Jo-young. The 2000 South Korean Census found 8,165 people with the family name Tae. [2] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 28.5% of people with that surname spelled it in Latin letters as Tai in their passports, vs. 57.1% as Tae. [3] People with this surname trace their origins to several bon-gwan , including Namwon and Yeongsun in what is now South Korea and Hyopgye in what is now North Korea. [1]
People with this family name include:
A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a given name, with no middle names. A number of Korean terms for names exist. For full names, seongmyeong, seongham, or ireum (이름) are commonly used. When a Korean name is written in Hangul, there is no space between the surname and the given name.
Dae Joyeong or Da Zuorong, also known as King Go, established the state of Balhae, reigning from 699 to 719.
O or Oh is a family name in Korea. It is written using the hanja characters, 吳, 五, 伍, 吾, and 晤. According to the 2015 census in South Korea, there were 763,281 people carrying the O surname.
Seok, also spelled Suk, is a rare Korean family name held by about 56,500 South Koreans, as well as an element in some Korean given names.
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Dae Gwang-hyeon was the last Crown Prince of Balhae and a member of the Balhae Royal Family, and was the leader of the Balhae refugees who sought refuge in the Korean Kingdom of Goryeo.
Ko, also variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean surname.
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Kyung, also spelled Kyoung, Gyeong, Kyeong, or Kyong, is an uncommon Korean family name, as well as a single-syllable Korean given name and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.
Seong (Korean: 성), also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
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Ju, also spelled Joo or Chu, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
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Yong is a family name used in Korea, as well as a character in some Korean given names. It may also mean sun in some cases. As a family name, it may also be spelled Ryong in Korea. It is of Sino-Korean origin.
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Dae, also spelled Tae, is a rare Korean family name. The 2000 South Korean census found 606 people with this surname, from 194 households. There were two different clans: one based in Miryang and the other based in Taesan. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that the majority of people with this family name spelled it in Latin letters as Dae. The Dae surname is of Balhae origin, originating from the ruling House of Dae that ruled Balhae. Its last crown prince, Dae Gwang-hyeon fled to Goryeo, and his descendants would bear either the Dae or Tae surnames.
Tae Kŭm-ch'wi, also known as T'ae Kŭm-ch'wi, was a Goryeo military official during the Mongol invasions of Korea. A descendant of Balhae crown prince Dae Gwang-hyeon, Tae Kum-ch'wi was given the fief of Yeongsun and became the intermediary ancestor of the Yeongsun Tae clan.
