Bai (surname)

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

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 Baigong Sheng, 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 Gongzi Bai, son of Duke Wu of the state of Qin.
 * a surname used by descendants of Baiyi Bing, 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 (ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ), 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 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
 * Fan Bai, researcher and engineer

柏 Bǎi

 * 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)

拜 Bài

 * 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