Fun Facts About the Name Taekwon
- 39 babies named Taekwon: U.S. records list 39 babies given the name Taekwon from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Taekwon Mean?
Taekwon is a Korean masculine given name written 태권 in Hangul. It is commonly interpreted as "great power" or "great authority," from the Sino-Korean elements 泰 (tae, "great" or "peaceful") and 權 (gwon, "power" or "authority"). This is a conventional hanja reading; Korean given names can use different hanja for the same sound, so another bearer's name may have a different intended meaning.
Taekwon Name History & Origins
The name is written 태권 in Hangul. The spelling Taekwon reflects an older McCune - Reischauer-style romanization, in which the initial consonant of the second syllable is written k and the vowel is rendered with a diacritic; with the apostrophe and diacritics dropped, T'aekwŏn becomes Taekwon. The Revised Romanization of Korean would spell the same syllables Taegwon. Korean given names of this two-syllable Sino-Korean type are usually chosen syllable by syllable, and a family may select hanja such as 泰權 to accompany the Hangul. The Hangul alone does not preserve that choice.
The sound taegwon also forms the first part of taekwondo, the martial art whose name was adopted in the mid-20th century. In that term, 跆 (tae) means "to kick" or "trample" and 拳 (gwon) means "fist"; the full name is commonly explained as "the way of the foot and fist." A personal name Taekwon sounds the same as this element, but the personal name and the martial-art term are separate uses. The overlap does not establish that a bearer was named for taekwondo, and the hanja chosen for a personal name may be entirely different.
How Popular is the Name Taekwon?
Taekwon 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 1996. Its best rank was #5,921 in 1996.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #11,878 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #10,198 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #6,454 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #8,007 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #5,921 | 10 | 0.0005% |
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 Taekwon Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You like to control everyone within your influence, to shape things to your own liking. If positive, you develop high spirituality, as you have a God's protection. You are sensitive, affectionate, imaginative and cooperative, spiritually aware and prone to self-sacrifice. You can keep secrets and are a good diplomat. You may have healing and psychic powers. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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