The baby name Taejo is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAY-joh.
The baby name Taejo is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAY-joh.
Taejo is Chinese, Korean in Origin.
Taejo is the Korean reading of Hanja 太祖, written 태조 in Hangul and based on the Chinese temple-name formula Tàizǔ. Its root language is Classical Chinese: 太, in this compound, conveys very great or supreme, while 祖 denotes an ancestor, forefather, or progenitor. The earliest recoverable written form is 太祖, a title rather than an ordinary personal name, with the literal sense great ancestor or great progenitor.
In Korea, Taejo belongs to royal titulature. It was applied to rulers such as Taejo of Goguryeo, Wang Geon, founder of Goryeo in 918, and Yi Seong-gye, founder of Joseon in 1392, aligning Korean court practice with Chinese dynastic conventions. Related Sino-Xenic forms include Mandarin Taizu, Vietnamese Thái Tổ, and Japanese Taiso. Because it is closely tied to temple names and dynastic founders, modern Korean use as a birth name appears uncommon; it is more often encountered in historical writing and regnal lists.
Taejo is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Taejo appears only 2 times in total — found in 2 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.
| Taejo of Goryeo Taejo of Goryeo, born Wang Kŏn, is best known as the founder of Korea’s Goryeo dynasty. He ruled from the late 9th to the mid-10th century and is remembered as the monarch who established the kingdom that gave Korea its modern English name. | Taejo Taejo is best known as the temple name traditionally given to the founders of Korean dynasties. It means "great ancestor" and comes from the Chinese equivalent Tàizǔ. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR | Boys | 0 | #27 | 1 | 897 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
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