Fun Facts About the Name Hae won
- 127 babies named Hae won: U.S. records list 127 babies given the name Hae won from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hae Mean?
Hae is a Korean given name that can derive from two distinct sources: the native Korean noun 해 (hae) "sun" and the Sino-Korean syllable 海 (hae) "sea." These are separate sources, not two senses of one word.
Because a one-syllable Korean name can be written with different hanja (Chinese characters used in Korean), the name cannot be assigned a single meaning without knowing the specific character. A name from the native Korean word is written in Hangul only; a Sino-Korean name based on 海 uses that character.
Hae Name History & Origins
Hae is written 해 in Hangul. Korean given names commonly consist of one or two syllables, and Hae is used both as a one-syllable name and as an element in longer names such as Hae-won and Hae-jin. In those longer names, the meaning is usually fixed by the hanja chosen for each syllable.
The syllable has two separate sources in Korean: a native Korean word and the Sino-Korean reading of a Chinese character. The Sino-Korean hae of 海 belongs to the layer of Korean vocabulary borrowed from Chinese characters, while the native 해 is unrelated to that character. Hangul is now the usual script for everyday Korean names, and hanja are not required for names formed from native Korean words.
How Popular is the Name Hae?
Hae has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1990. Its best rank was #4,671 in 1957.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | #15,912 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #11,248 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #9,896 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #12,307 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,884 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #9,898 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #10,875 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #9,641 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #8,729 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #10,074 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #9,725 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #9,432 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #10,953 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #8,444 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #9,376 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #8,432 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #7,146 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #6,058 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #4,671 | 8 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Hae Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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