Bai (surname)

Bái is the pinyin of the surname 白, meaning the colour white. Some people with this name are of Mongol origin.

Not to be confused with Bae (surname), Bei (surname), or Pei (surname).
Bái
Origin
Meaning"white" (color)
Region of originChina
Mongolia

Another surname, 柏, meaning the tree cypress. This one is the 37th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. Since 柏 is a character with two readings, it is often mistakenly read as "Bó".In modern Chinese, the proper way to pronounce it as a surname is "Bǎi".

Bai and other variants were ranked 79th within the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, down from 70th in 1990.

Origin

Alternate spellings

Notable people
  • Bai An (白安, 1991-), Taiwanese singer, Manchus
  • Bai Chongxi (白崇禧, 1893–1966), Chinese Muslim general of the Republic of China
  • Bai Chong'en, 白重恩 Chinese economist
  • Pai Hsiao-yen (白曉燕, 1980–1997), Taiwanese teenage idol and victim of a fatal kidnapping
  • Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇, 1937-), Chinese Muslim writer
  • Bai Jie (白洁, 1972-), Chinese female footballer
  • Bai Jing (白静, 1983-2012), Chinese actress
  • Bai Juyi (白居易, 772-846), Tang Dynasty poet
  • Pai Kun-Hong (白昆弘, 1970-), Taiwanese baseball player
  • Bai Ling (白灵, 1966-), Chinese-born American actress
  • Bai Qi (白起, died 257 BC), Qin general of the Warring States Period
  • Bai Renfu (白仁甫, 1226–1306), Yuan Dynasty playwright
  • Bai Shouyi (白寿彝, 1909–2000) (Arabic name: Djamal al-Din Bai Shouyi) Chinese Muslim historian
  • Bai Shuxiang (白淑湘, born 1939), Chinese ballet dancer
  • Lou Pai (白露龍, 1947-), Chinese-American businessman and former Enron executive
  • Bai Wenqi (白文奇, born 1955), lieutenant general of the PLA Air Force
  • Bai Chunli (白春礼, born 1953), Chinese physical chemist and nanoscientist, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Peter Pek, chief executive of the World Branding Forum
  • Bai Yansong (白岩松, 1968), Chinese host
  • Rose Pak (白蘭; 1947-2016) Chinese-born political activist in San Francisco, California
  • Michelle Bai (白冰, 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer

柏
  • Bai Jiajun (柏佳骏; 1991) is a Chinese football player
  • Bai Yan (柏衍; 1989-) is a Chinese male tennis player born in Nanjing, Jiangsu
  • Bai Xiaolei (柏小磊; 1985-) is a Chinese football player born in Dalian
  • Penname: Bo Yang (柏楊; 1920 – 2008), was a Taiwanese poet, essayist and historian, real name Guo Dingsheng (郭定生)

拜
  • Pai Tzu-li, (拜自立) 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
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