Jae (Korean name)

Jae is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja chosen by the name-giver.

Hanja and meaning
, regulations of the Supreme Court of Korea permit the following 20 hanja with the reading Jae, plus seven variant forms, to be registered for use in given names.

Eleven characters from the table of basic hanja for educational use:


 * : "talent"
 * 1) * (variant)
 * : "timber"
 * : "wealth"
 * : "to exist", "to be located at"
 * 1) * (variant)
 * : "to plant", "to cultivate"
 * 1) * (variant)
 * : "twice", "again"
 * : emphasis particle in Classical Chinese grammar
 * : "disaster"
 * 1) * (variant)
 * : "to cut"
 * : "to load"
 * : "to rule"

Nine characters from the table of additional hanja for name use:


 * : "Juglans mandshurica" (tree)
 * 1) * (variant)
 * : "matter", "affair"
 * : "to fast"
 * 1) *Additional eumhun : "study room", "studio"
 * 2) * (variant)
 * : old name of the Dadu River in Sichuan
 * 1) *Additional eumhun : "to be clear"
 * 2) * (variant)
 * : "remnants", "dregs"
 * : "to bring"
 * : "to receive in one's palm"
 * : "wealth"
 * : "one's own child"

People
People with the single-syllable given name Jae include:
 * Gil Jae (1353–1419), Goryeo and early Joseon Dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
 * Hur Jae (born 1965), South Korean basketball coach and former player

Korean people who have shortened their full names to Jae in English include:
 * Jae U. Jung (Jung Jae-ung; born 1960), South Korean biologist
 * Jae Chong (Chong Jae-yun; born 1972), American music producer
 * Jae Seo (Seo Jae-woong; born 1977), South Korean baseball player
 * Jae Yoo (Yoo Hyuk-jae; born 1989), South Korean model
 * Jaejae (Lee Eun-jae; born 1990), South Korean television personality
 * Jae Park (Park Jae-hyung; born 1992), American singer of Korean descent

As a name element
Names which begin with this syllable include:


 * Jae-hee
 * Jae-beom
 * Jae-eun
 * Jae-gyu
 * Jae-hee
 * Jae-ho
 * Jae-hyuk
 * Jae-hyun
 * Jae-in
 * Jae-joon
 * Jae-kyung
 * Jae-shin
 * Jae-suk
 * Jae-seop
 * Jae-sung
 * Jae-won
 * Jae-woo
 * Jae-wook
 * Jae-woong
 * Jae-yong
 * Jae-yoon
 * Jae-young

Names which end with this syllable include:


 * Eun-jae
 * Han-jae
 * Hyuk-jae
 * Min-jae
 * Seung-jae
 * Sung-jae
 * Won-jae