Bai (surname)

Origin

Han Chinese origins

• a surname used by descendants of Bai Fu, 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.

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, Gūwalgiya, Irgen Gioro and Bayara 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. Kucha was an ancient country located in current Xinjiang province of China.

Alternate spellings

• Mandarin: Bái, Pai
• Taiwan: Pai
• Cantonese : Baak⁶, Pak
• Min Nan : Pe̍h, Pe̍k, Peh
• Vietnamese: Bạch
• Korean: Baek, Paik, Baik, Baeg, based on the same Chinese letter 白
• Japanese: Bekku, Haku, Hyaku, Byaku

Notable people

• Bai Qi, Qin general of the Warring States period
• Bai Juyi, Tang dynasty poet
• Bai Renfu, Yuan dynasty playwright
• Bai Chongxi, Chinese Muslim general of the Republic of China
• Bai Shouyi Chinese Muslim historian
• Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese Muslim writer
• Pak Kian Huat, Singaporean convicted murder; see 2019 Toa Payoh chopper attack
• Bai Shuxiang, Chinese ballet dancer
• Rose Pak Chinese-born political activist in San Francisco, California
• Lou Pai, Chinese-American businessman and former Enron executive
• Peh Chin Hua, Singaporean politician
• Peh Thian Hui, Singaporean convicted rapist
• Bai Chunli, Manchus, Chinese physical chemist and nanoscientist, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Bai Wenqi, Lieutenant general of the PLA Air Force
• Simon Peh Yun-lu, Hong Kong civil servant
• Beh Meng Chai, Malaysian murderer; see Jurong fishing port murders
• Bai Ling, Chinese-born American actress
• Bai Yansong, Chinese host
• Pai Kun-Hong, Taiwanese baseball player
• Bai Jie, Chinese female footballer
• Pai Hsiao-yen, Taiwanese teenage idol and victim of a fatal kidnapping
• Bai Jing, Chinese actress
• Joanne Peh Wei Siew, Singaporean actress and television host
• Michelle Bai, Chinese actress and singer
• Bai An, Taiwanese singer, Manchurian
• Pek Jin Shen, Singaporean rapper better known by his stage name Shigga Shay
• Bai Jingting, Chinese actor
• Bai Lu, Chinese actress and model
• Vanessa Peh Ting Ting, Singaporean actress
• Peck Yen Wei, Malaysian badminton player
• Peter Pek, chief executive of the World Branding Forum
• Bai Chong'en Chinese economist
• Fan Bai, researcher and engineer

柏 Bǎi

• Bai Wenwei, KMT General, Governor of Anhui Province, Advisor to Presidential Palace, Chairman Anhui Provincial Government, KMT Central Party Committee, and Central Executive Committee
• Bai Xiaolei is a Chinese football player born in Dalian
• Bai Yan is a Chinese male tennis player born in Nanjing, Jiangsu
• Bai Jiajun is a Chinese football player
• Penname: Bo Yang, was a Taiwanese poet, essayist and historian, real name Guo Dingsheng

拜 Bài

• Pai Tzu-li, Chinese Muslim General of the Republic of China

As part of a stagename/pseudonym

• Bai Guang, birth name Shi Yongfen movie star and singer

Korean

• Helen Pai, American television writer, director, and producer