Bai (surname)
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Bai is a common Mandarin
Chinese surname
, mostly found in the Mongolia
region. With its variants, Bai was ranked 79th within the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 70th in 1990.
Another surname, 柏, is written with a character normally also pronounced as "Bai", but as a surname is properly pronounced "Bo", according to the ancient reading of the character.
Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
Chinese surname
Chinese surname
Chinese family names have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and among overseas Chinese communities. In ancient times two types of surnames, family names and clan names , existed.The colloquial expressions laobaixing...
, mostly found in the Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
region. With its variants, Bai was ranked 79th within the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 70th in 1990.
Another surname, 柏, is written with a character normally also pronounced as "Bai", but as a surname is properly pronounced "Bo", according to the ancient reading of the character.
origin
- from Bai Fu(白阜) in the Legend period BC 2500
- from Bai Li XiBaili XiBaili Xi was an influential prime minister of the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period in ancient China.-Background:Baili Xi was born during the Spring and Autumn Period, a time of great internal chaos in China. Though talented, he came from a very poor family and was unable to realize...
(百里奚) of Yu(虞) (state), later moved to Qin (state)Qin (state)The State of Qin was a Chinese feudal state that existed during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history...
, at BC 600~ - from Sheng(胜) of the Chu (state)Chu (state)The State of Chu was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state in present-day central and southern China during the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States Period . Its ruling house had the surname Nai , and clan name Yan , later evolved to surname Mi , and clan name Xiong...
royal by area-name Bai(白) - from Bai people(白族) by people title
- from Mongol people
- from Bai Gui(白圭) of Bai DiBeidiBeidi or Northern Di were groups of people who lived to the north of what was then China during the Zhou Dynasty. By the end of the dynasty they were mostly conquered or absorbed by the Chinese....
(白狄) people in Zhongshan (state)Zhongshan (state)Zhongshan was a Di state created by the nomadic Xianyu tribe in China during the later Zhou Dynasty, in the Chinese written sources it is referred to as a state of the Bai Di .)... - from Hui peopleHui peopleThe Hui people are an ethnic group in China, defined as Chinese speaking people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers.In modern People's...
- from citizen of BaekjeBaekjeBaekje or Paekche was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....
(百濟), Baekcan(百殘) or MahanMahanMahan may refer to:*Mahan confederacy, chiefdoms in ancient Korea*Mahan, Iran, a city in Kerman province*Mahan District, an administrative subdivision of Kerman Province*Iranian male first name*Mahan Air, an airline based in Kerman province...
by nation title
Alternate spellings
- MandarinStandard MandarinStandard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
: Bái - CantoneseStandard CantoneseCantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....
: Baak6, Pak - Min NanMin NanThe Southern Min languages, or Min Nan , are a family of Chinese languages spoken in southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, and southern Zhejiang provinces of China, and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora....
(Hokkien (FujianFujian' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
)/Teochew): Pe̍h, Pe̍k, Peh - VietnameseVietnamese languageVietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
: Bạch - KoreanKorean languageKorean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
: BaeBaeBae, also often spelled Pae or Pai, is a unique Korean family name. The South Korean census of 2000 found 372,064 people by this surname, or slightly less than 1% of the population....
(裵), BaekBaekBaek, also often spelled Paek, Baik or Paik, is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 351,275 people by this surname in South Korea.苩, 白 is Korea native's surname from Baekje, Mahan, Silla.-苩, 百, 白:...
(苩, 百, 백), Pae(裵) - JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
: Haku, Hyaku, Byaku
List of persons with the surname
- Alfredo BaiAlfredo BaiAlfredo Bai is an Italian sculptor.Bai worked in the Arsenale di Torino, before he served as soldier in the guerrilla operation in the Valli di Lanzo during World War II...
(1913–1980), Italian sculptor - Bai ChongxiBai ChongxiBai Chongxi , , also spelled Pai Chung-hsi, was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and a prominent Chinese Nationalist Muslim leader. He was of Hui ethnicity and of the Muslim faith...
(1893–1966), Chinese Muslim general of the Republic of China - Pai Tzu-liPai Tzu-liPai Tzu-li was a Chinese Muslim general of the 36th Division , who served under Generals Ma Zhongying and Ma Hushan. He was the secretary to Ma Zhongying, and his age was estimated to be about 40...
, Chinese Muslim General of the Republic of China - Bai Jie (born 1972), Chinese female footballer
- Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang Dynasty poet
- Bai QiBai QiBái Qǐ was an outstanding military leader of the State of Qin during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. Born in Mei , as commander of the Qin army for more than 30 years, Bai Qi was responsible for the deaths of a total over 890,000 enemy soldiers, earning him the nickname Ren Tu...
(died 257 BC), Qin general of the Warring States Period - Bai Renfu (1226–1306), Yuan Dynasty playwright
- Lou PaiLou PaiLou Lung Pai born Nanjing China 1946, is a Chinese-American businessman and former Enron executive. He was CEO of Enron Energy Services and Enron Xcelerator, a venture capital division of Enron. He left Enron with over $250 million...
(born 1946), Chinese-American businessman and former Enron executive - Marcus BaiMarcus BaiMarcus Bai is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. Primarily a winger, he played his final season in 2006 for English Super League team Bradford Bulls. He is the only man to win the World Club Challenge with three different clubs...
, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer - Bai ShouyiBai ShouyiBai Shouyi , also known as Djamal al-Din Bai Shouyi, was a prominent Chinese Muslim historian, thinker, social activist and ethnologist who revolutionized recent Chinese historiography and pioneered in relying heavily on scientific excavations and reports...
(1909–2000), Chinese Muslim historian - Pai Hsien-yungPai Hsien-yungKenneth Hsien-yung Pai , born July 11, 1937) is a writer who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer." He was born in Guilin, Guangxi, China at the cusp of both the Second Sino-Japanese War and subsequent Chinese Civil War...
(born 1937), Chinese Muslim writer - Pai Kun-HongPai Kun-HongPai Kun-Hong is a Taiwanese baseball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Chinese Taipei baseball team which won the silver medal. He played as catcher.-External links:*...
(born 1970), Taiwanese baseball player - Pai Hsiao-yenPai Hsiao-yenPai Hsiao-yen was the only daughter of popular Taiwanese TV host and actress Pai Ping-ping and Japanese author Ikki Kajiwara....
(1980–1997), Taiwanese teenage idol and victim of a fatal kidnapping - Seremaia BaiSeremaia Bai-Career:He currently plays for Castres Olympique after signing from ASM Clermont Auvergne in 2010 who both compete in France's Top 14 competition. He also plays for the Fiji national team and the Pacific Islanders. He has played under-19s, under 21s and under 23s for the Fiji national side...
, Fijian rugby union footballer - Yun Bai, Founder of Isjimo.com
See also
- Pai (surname)Pai (surname)Pai is a common surname amongst the Gowd Saraswat Brahmins of India. Pai is known to be a prakrit of Pati or "Lord". An unlikely source is leg or foot or one amassed wealth. Pai may have come from Appaya meaning elderbrother according to Poet B.B. Borkar.Families with the surname Pai, are...
, the Konkani, India surname origin; plus people with the name