Baig

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Baig 1
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Type Surname
Usage Muslim

Meaning & History

Baig Name Meaning Muslim (common in Pakistan): from the Turkish word beg ‘bey’, originally a title denoting a local administrator in the Ottoman Empire, but subsequently widely used as a title of respect. Compare Beg.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Added 8/26/2015 by DM Watson

Baig 2
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Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish, Arabic
Scripts بايج(Arabic) بیگ(Persian, Urdu, Shahmukhi) بیګ(Pashto) ਬੇਗ(Gurmukhi) বাইগ(Bengali, Assamese)
Pronounced Pron. BAYJ(Maghrebi Arabic)  [key]
Other Forms FormsBey, Bay, Beg, Bag, Beig, Bayg, Beyg, Begum, Begüm, Begam, Begom, Bagum

Meaning & History

Derived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (beg) (modern Turkish bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master". It is especially common in Pakistan and the Maghreb.
Added 9/24/2020 by glacier_bear_82
Edited 10/9/2020 by glacier_bear_82