Bai (surname)

Bái is the pinyin of the surname , 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 , 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 , son of Duke Wu of the state of Qin.
• a surname used by descendants of , 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 (), possibly derived from Bayads, Borjigits, or Borjigins.
• a surname used by the Manchus of Nara, GÅ«walgiya, 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: Baek, Paik, Baik, Baeg (ë°±), 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 politician
• 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
• Bai Lu (白鹿; born 1994), Chinese actress and model
• 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

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, American television writer, director, and producer

See also

• Tommaso Bai or Baj (1636–1714), Italian composer
• 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.