Bai (surname)

Not to be confused with Bae (surname), Bei (surname), or Pei (surname).

Bái

Romanization	Bái (Mandarin) Baak (Hong Kong Cantonese) Pha̍k, Pag (Hakka) Pe̍h, Pe̍eh, Pe̍k, Pia̍k (Hokkien) Bêh (Teochew) Bạch (Vietnamese)
Origin
Language(s)	Chinese
Meaning	White (color)
Region of origin	China Mongolia
Other names
Variant form(s)	Fatimah, Pekasa, Pekerti, Peris, Purnomo, Wongsorejo (Indonesian)

Bái is the pinyin of the surname 白, meaning the colour white.

Origin

Han Chinese origins

• a surname used by descendants of Bai Fu (白阜), a minister of the legendary Emperor Yan.
• a surname used by descendants of Baigong Sheng  [ zh ], the son of a crown prince and grandson of King Ping of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period.
• a surname used by the descendants of a prince named Bai  [ zh ], son of Duke Wu of the state of Qin.
• a surname used by descendants of Baiyi Bing  [ zh ], a general under Duke Mu of Qin.
• a surname used by residents of the Tang dynasty province Baizhou (白州).

Other ethnic origins

• a surname used by the Mongols, a translation of the surname Chagan (Mongolian : ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ, romanized: Chaɣan, lit.  'white'), possibly derived from Bayads, Borjigits, or Borjigins.
• a surname used by the Manchus of Nara, Gūwalgiya, Irgen Gioro and Bayara Gioro (a branch of Aisin Gioro).
• during the ancient Tang dynasty in modern-day Yunnan, the Bai people used the surname Bai after their tribe name
• a surname used by the ancient Donghu people.
• a surname used by the ancient people of Kucha (or Qiuci). Kucha was an ancient country located in current Xinjiang province of China.

Alternate spellings

• Mandarin: Bái, Pai
• Taiwan: Pai
• Cantonese (Hong Kong and Macao): Baak⁶, Pak
• Min Nan (Hokkien (Fujian)/Teochew): Pe̍h, Pe̍k, Peh
• Vietnamese: Bạch
• Korean: Paik, Baik, Baek, Baeg (백), based on the same Chinese letter 白
• Japanese: Bekku, Haku, Hyaku, Byaku

Notable people

• Bai Qi (白起; died 257 BC), Qin general of the Warring States period
• Bai Juyi (白居易; 772–846), Tang dynasty poet
• Bai Renfu (白仁甫; 1226–1306), Yuan dynasty playwright
• Bai Chongxi (白崇禧; 1893–1966), Chinese Muslim general of the Republic of China
• Bai Shouyi (白寿彝; 1909–2000) (Arabic name: Djamal al-Din Bai Shouyi) Chinese Muslim historian
• Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇; born 1937), Chinese Muslim writer
• Pak Kian Huat (白建发; born 1937), Singaporean convicted murder; see 2019 Toa Payoh chopper attack
• Bai Shuxiang (白淑湘; born 1939), Chinese ballet dancer
• Rose Pak (白蘭; 1947–2016) Chinese-born political activist in San Francisco, California
• Lou Pai (白露龍; born 1947), Chinese-American businessman and former Enron executive
• Peh Chin Hua (白振华; born 1947), Singaporean poltician
• Peh Thian Hui (白添辉; born 1953), Singaporean convicted rapist
• Bai Chunli (白春礼; born 1953), Manchus, Chinese physical chemist and nanoscientist, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Bai Wenqi (白文奇; born 1955), Lieutenant general of the PLA Air Force
• Simon Peh Yun-lu (白韞六; born 1955), Hong Kong civil servant
• Beh Meng Chai (白明才; born 1960), Malaysian murderer; see Jurong fishing port murders
• Bai Ling (白灵; born 1966), Chinese-born American actress
• Bai Yansong (白岩松; born 1968), Chinese host
• Pai Kun-Hong (白昆弘; born 1970), Taiwanese baseball player
• Bai Jie (白洁; born 1972), Chinese female footballer
• Pai Hsiao-yen (白曉燕; 1980–1997), Taiwanese teenage idol and victim of a fatal kidnapping
• Bai Jing (白静; 1983–2012), Chinese actress
• Joanne Peh Wei Siew (白薇秀; born 1983), Singaporean actress and television host
• Michelle Bai (白冰; born 1986), Chinese actress and singer
• Bai An (白安; born 1991), Taiwanese singer, Manchurian
• Pek Jin Shen (白敬生; born 1992), Singaporean rapper better known by his stage name Shigga Shay
• Bai Jingting (白敬亭; born 1993) Chinese actor
• Vanessa Peh Ting Ting (白婷婷; born 1994), Singaporean actress
• Peck Yen Wei (白燕微; born 1996), Malaysian badminton player
• Peter Pek (died 2018), chief executive of the World Branding Forum
• Bai Chong'en (白重恩) Chinese economist
• Fan Bai, researcher and engineer ^{[ citation needed ]}

柏 Bǎi

• Bai Wenwei (柏文蔚; 1876–1947), KMT General, Governor of Anhui Province, Advisor to Presidential Palace, Chairman Anhui Provincial Government, KMT Central Party Committee, and Central Executive Committee
• Bai Xiaolei (柏小磊; born 1985) is a Chinese football player born in Dalian
• Bai Yan (柏衍; born 1989) is a Chinese male tennis player born in Nanjing, Jiangsu
• Bai Jiajun (柏佳骏; born 1991) is a Chinese football player
• Penname: Bo Yang (柏楊; 1920 – 2008), was a Taiwanese poet, essayist and historian, real name Guo Dingsheng (郭定生)

拜 Bài

• Pai Tzu-li, (拜自立; died 1937) Chinese Muslim General of the Republic of China

As part of a stagename/pseudonym

• Bai Guang (白光 stagename) (1921–1999), birth name Shi Yongfen (史永芬) movie star and singer

Korean

• Helen Pai,^{[ citation needed ]} American television writer, director, and producer

See also

• Tommaso Bai or Baj (1636–1714), Italian composer WP:it
• Alfredo Bai (1913–1980), Italian sculptor
• Matt Bai (1968-), American political columnist
• Marcus Bai (1972-), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
• Alison Bai (born 1990), Australian tennis player.