Bái
Romanization
Origin
Language(s)Chinese
Word/nameChina
Mongolia
MeaningWhite (color)
Region of originChina
Other names
Variant form(s)Pekasa, Pekerti, Peris (Chinese-Indonesian)

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

Another surname, , means 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

  • a surname used by descendants of Bai Fu, a minister of the legendary Emperor Yan.
  • a surname used by descendants of Bai Gongsheng, the son of a crown prince of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period.
  • a surname used by the descendants of a prince named Bai, son of Duke Wu of the state of Qin.
  • a surname used by descendants of Duke Mu of Qin.
  • a surname used by the Mongols, possibly derived from Borjigin.
  • a surname used by the Manchus of 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 (or Qiuci). Kucha was an ancient country located in current Xinjiang province of China.

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), Manchus, 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
  • Bai Jingting (白敬亭, 1993) Chinese Actor
  • Peh Thian Hui (白添辉), Singaporean convicted rapist

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

  • 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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