Original: It was named in October 2002IAUC 7998: Satellites of Jupiter 2002 October 22 (naming the moon) after Taygete, one of the Pleiades, daughter of the Titan Atlas and mother of Lacedaemon by Zeus (Jupiter).
Simplified: It was named in October 2002IAUC 7998: Satellites of Jupiter 2002 October 22 (naming the moon) after Taygete, one of the Pleiades, daughter of the Titan Atlas and mother of Lacedaemon by Zeus (Jupiter).