Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Korean Scripts 태연(Korean Hangul) Pronounced Pron. TAY-YUN [key] Meaning & History From Sino-Korean 泰 "great, exalted" (tae), and 連 "join, connect; continuous; even" or 姸 "beautiful" (yeon). A famous bearer is South Korean singer Kim Tae-yeon (1989-).