Baek

Baek (Korean pronunciation: [pɛk̚]), also often spelled Paek, Baik, Paik, or Back 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 (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

Notable people

Fictional characters

• Baek Doo San, character in Tekken fighting games
• Baek Eun-Gi, Ellie, Noah, Kayden and Katie's mother and Joel's ex-wife from the manhwa franchise, Once Upon A Summer, whom Noah sometimes visits but does not like her new family because he was afraid to leave his father.
• Sophie Baek, aka Sophie Gun, from Bridgerton Netflix series.

See also

• Suwon Baek clan
• Baek clan
• Pai (Chinese surname)

Surname list

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