Bai (surname)

Bai (白) is a common Mandarin Chinese surname, mostly found in the Mongolia region. With its variants, Bai was ranked 79th within the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 70th in 1990.

Another surname, 柏, is written with a character normally also pronounced as "Bai", but as a surname is properly pronounced "Bo", according to the ancient reading of the character.

origin

• from Bai Fu(白阜) in the Legend period BC 2500
• from Bai Li Xi(百里奚) of Yu(虞) (state), later moved to Qin (state), at BC 600~
• from Sheng(胜) of the Chu (state) royal by area-name Bai(白)
• from Bai people(白族) by people title
• from Mongol people
• from Bai Gui(白圭) of Bai Di(白狄) people in Zhongshan (state)
• from Hui people
• from citizen of Baekje(百濟), Baekcan(百殘) or Mahan by nation title

Alternate spellings

• Mandarin: Bái
• Cantonese: Baak6, Pak
• Min Nan (Hokkien (Fujian)/Teochew): Pe̍h, Pe̍k, Peh
• Vietnamese: Bạch
• Korean: Bae(裵), Baek (苩, 百, 백), Pae(裵)
• Japanese: Haku, Hyaku, Byaku

List of persons with the surname

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• Alfredo Bai (1913–1980), Italian sculptor
• Bai Chongxi (1893–1966), Chinese Muslim general of the Republic of China
• Pai Tzu-li, Chinese Muslim General of the Republic of China
• Bai Jie (born 1972), Chinese female footballer
• Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang Dynasty poet
• Bai Qi (died 257 BC), Qin general of the Warring States Period
• Bai Renfu (1226–1306), Yuan Dynasty playwright
• Lou Pai (born 1946), Chinese-American businessman and former Enron executive
• Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
• Bai Shouyi (1909–2000), Chinese Muslim historian
• Pai Hsien-yung (born 1937), Chinese Muslim writer
• Pai Kun-Hong (born 1970), Taiwanese baseball player
• Pai Hsiao-yen (1980–1997), Taiwanese teenage idol and victim of a fatal kidnapping
• Seremaia Bai, Fijian rugby union footballer
• Yun Bai, Founder of Isjimo.com

See also

• Pai (surname), the Konkani, India surname origin; plus people with the name