The baby name Chae is a Girl name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced CHAY.
The baby name Chae is a girl name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced CHAY.
Chae is Chinese, Korean in Origin.
Chae is a Korean name syllable written 채 in hangeul, the alphabet promulgated in 1446. As a Sino-Korean reading, it represents several hanja rather than a single root: 采 gather or pick, 彩 color or variegated pattern, 財 wealth, and 蔡, an old Chinese state name later used as a surname. The underlying written forms belong to Classical Chinese, while the modern sound is Korean.
In Korea, Chae is more often one element of two-syllable given names, such as Chae-won or Chae-yeon, and it also occurs as a family name. Romanization varies, with Chae in Revised Romanization and Ch’ae in McCune-Reischauer; Chinese cognate surname forms include Cai and Tsai when 蔡 is intended. Standalone use is chiefly modern and diaspora-facing, with no fixed religious association.
| Han Chae-young Han Chae-young is a South Korean actress best known for her lead role in Sassy Girl Chun-hyang. Born Kim Ji-young, she first drew attention playing the antagonist in Autumn in My Heart before rising to wider fame in 2005. | Chae Shi-ra Chae Shi-ra is a South Korean actress best known for her TV roles, especially in the acclaimed drama Eyes of Dawn. Born in Seoul in 1968, she became one of Korea’s notable screen stars in the 1990s. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR | Girls | 0 | #15 | 1 | 572 |
| KR | Boys | 0 | #26 | 2 | 897 |
| BN | 0 | #32 | 1 | 2,297 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #111 | 4 | 5,459 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| SG | 0 | #281 | 2 | 11,010 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #290 | 4 | 6,876 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #340 | 4 | 15,378 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #358 | 2 | 8,829 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #421 | 9 | 13,098 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #524 | 2 | 11,303 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #560 | 2 | 19,177 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #625 | 8 | 18,916 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #647 | 4 | 16,104 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| United States | Boys | 2004 | #826 | 7 | 7,246 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #913 | 3 | 14,098 |
| United States | Girls | 2005 | #919 | 6 | 9,844 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #970 | 25 | 24,821 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,095 | 17 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,192 | 8 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,230 | 7 | 25,928 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,232 | 3 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,261 | 7 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Chae is popular in 33 countries — most recent births per country:
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