Save Gender Masculine Usage Korean Scripts 태원(Korean Hangul) 泰元, 泰源, 泰遠, etc.(Korean Hanja) Pronounced Pron. /tʰɛ.wʌn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Korean 泰 (tae) meaning "peaceful" combined with 元 (won) meaning "first, origin", 源 (won) meaning "spring, source" or 遠 (won) meaning "distant, far". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.