Baek
See also: Bai (surname)
| Baek | |
| Hangul | 백 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 白 |
| Revised Romanization | Baek, Baik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Paek, Paik |
Baek, also often spelled Paek, Baik or Paik, is of lord classed family name which can be traced as far as 8000 years between China and Korea Korean family name. No one really know the true origin in which it started either in China or Korea as both history timeline were similar. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.
白/existence
白(Bai) is pronounced "Beck" in Korean. The name has a Cantonese origin from the Yuan dynasty and Goryeo dynasty.
- Baek Wu Kyung (白宇經) of the Suwon Baek clan, cousin of Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, is the origin of this name.
苩/extinction
Some Baekje refugees from the late Silla age had this surname.
- Paik Ga (苩加), Mahan ruler
- Paik Yong (苩龍), Silla general
- Paik Ki (苩奇), Baekje general
- Paik Ga (苩加), Baekje painter
List of famous Baeks
- Baek
- Baek A-yeon, solo singer, finalist of K-pop Star
- Cha Seung Baek
- Baek Doo San, fictional character in Tekken fighting games
- Baek Ji-Hoon
- Baek Ji-young
- Baek Jin-hee
- Baek Minseok
- Baek Ye-rin, singer and member of duo 15&
- Byun Baek-hyun, singer, a member of the band Exo
- Baek Ye-bin, singer and member of the band DIA
- Baik
- Baik Sou Linne, Korean author
Sungwon Baik reporter of voa
- Paek
- Paik
- Paik Gahuim, author
- Kun-Woo Paik, classical pianist
- Nam June Paik
- Steve Paik, fictional character
- Paik Sun Yup
- Paik Sun-Hwa, fictional character
See also
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