Bai (surname)

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| name = Bái

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| meaning = White(color)

| region = China
Mongolia

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| variant =*Fatimah, Pekasa, Pekerti, Peris, Purnomo, Wongsorejo (Indonesian)

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Bái (Mandarin)
Baak (Hong Kong Cantonese)
Pha̍k, Pag (Hakka)
Pe̍h, Pe̍eh, Pe̍k, Pia̍k (Hokkien)
Bêh (Teochew)
Bạch (Vietnamese)

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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 {{ill|Baigong Sheng|zh|白公胜}}, 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 {{ill|Gongzi Bai |lt=Bai|zh|公子白}}, son of Duke Wu of the state of Qin.
a surname used by descendants of {{ill|Baiyi Bing|zh|白乙丙}}, 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 ({{langx|mn|ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ|translit=Chaɣan|translation=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|date=March 2025}}

= 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|date=March 2020}} American television writer, director, and producer