Tae

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Tae is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name76K records spelled Tae16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: English, Western Frisian

  Also written Tae', Taè, Taé, Ta'E, Taë

• Spanish given name11K records spelled Tae18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Taé, Täé, Tāę, Ťåê, Täe

• Khmer given name1.9K records spelled Tae2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, India, Cambodia

  Also written Táê

• Vietnamese surname1.4K records spelled Tae119 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Vietnam, United States, Germany, Canada

  Languages: Vietnamese, German, English

  Also written Tạ, Tá, Ta, Tà, Tâ

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Tae is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In cdo, Read 't'ii ； coll. tai. V the grasscloth nettle ； its fiber is used for cords and cloth : *tae ^ taing^ a grass- cloth shop ； ^"la'i * sidng^ made of grasS'Clbth-nettle.

  as a word·An Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, a pleased look, a cheerful countenpleased, gratified

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In Samoan, excrement

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In rar, to leak, to melt, to flow, to ooze, to trickle, to discharge

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In llu, to rise, ascend, get up, climb; to lift up; to exhume

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 53 years between 1952–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• André Dae Kimb. 1996CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actor and writer
• Dae Won ParkKRnot in their usual nameresearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-7653-686X)
• Dae Hong JeongKRnot in their usual nameresearcher (ORCID 0000-0001-7869-5648)
• Dae Hyun LeeUSnot in their usual nameresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 169 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tae?

We estimate roughly 5.1 thousand people bear Tae (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Tae have the most bearers?

Tae is most frequently recorded in South Korea, where it is most often spelled tae.

How common is Tae compared with other names?

In South Korea, Tae is the 939th most common given name of 65,496 given names recorded there.

Is Tae a male or female name?

Tae is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Tae mean?

Recorded meaning: Initialism of tilt aftereffect.