TAEYANG’S NAME IS DONG YOUNGBAE
Dong Youngbae is written: 동영배
which is written in hanja as: 董永培.
董 to keep, to encourage, to oversee
永 long, deep, far (that’s the literal definition, but 永 is used in words such as: “forever,” “eternity,” “soul”)
培 to encourage, to raise, to breed
his parents must have wished him to be a person who encourages and helps others. well, i think they got their wishes granted (: