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Baek
Baek (Korean pronunciation: [pɛ̝k̚]), also often spelled Paek, Baik, or Paik is a Korean family name. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.
| Baek | |
| Hangul | 백 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 白 |
| Revised Romanization | Baek |
| McCune–Reischauer | Paek |
Baek (白)
"白" 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.
Baek (苩)
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, South Korean singer and songwriter
- Cha-seung Baek, Korean-American former professional baseball pitcher
- Baek Doo San, fictional character in Tekken fighting games
- Baek Ji-hoon, South Korean football player
- Baek Ji-young, South Korean singer
- Baek Jin-hee, South Korean actress
- Baek Minseok, South Korean writer
- Baek Sung-hyun, South Korean actor
- Baek Ye-rin, South Korean singer-songwriter and former member of duo 15&
- Baek Jong-won, South Korean chef
- Baek I-Jin, Fictional character in "Twenty Five Twenty One"
- Baik
- Baik Sou Linne, South Korean author
- Paek
- Paek Hak-rim (1918–2006), North Korean politician
- Jim Paek, Korean-born Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current coach for the South Korean national team
- Paek Nam-il, North Korean politician
- Paek Nam-nyong, North Korean writer
- Paek Nam-sun (1929–2007), North Korean politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Paek Sang-ho, North Korean Colonel General
- Paek Se-bong, North Korean politician
- Paek Yong-ho, North Korean politician
- Paik
- Paik Gahuim, South Korean writer
- Kun-Woo Paik, South Korean pianist
- Nam June Paik (1932–2006), Korean American artist
- Paik Seung-ho, South Korean professional footballer
- Paik Sun-yup (1920–2020), South Korean military officer
- Paik Sun-Hwa, fictional character on television series Lost