Ba (given name)

Ba is a given name. It is prevalent in Myanmar, and the ancient Chinese given names 跋, 霸, and 巴 (traditional Chinese in each case) are translated as Ba.

People with the name

Ancient China

• Liu Ba 劉巴 (died 222), an official in the state of Shu Han
• Zang Ba 臧霸 (c. 162–230s), a military general
• Xiahou Ba 夏侯霸 (died c. 255–259), a military general of the state of Cao Wei i
• Feng Ba 馮跋 (died 430), an emperor of Northern Yan

Myanmar

• Ba Cho (1893–1947), newspaper publisher and politician
• Ba Gyan (1902–1953), cartoonist
• Ba Htay (1906–2000), businessman, administrator, and pioneer of Scouting
• Ba Htoo (1916–1945), officer in the Burma National Army
• Ba Kaung (1921–2003), activist
• Ba Kyi (1912–2000), artist
• Ba Lwin (1892–1968), headmaster
• Ba Maw (1893–1977), lawyer and political leader
• Ba Myint (born 1950), dental professor
• Ba Nyan (1897–1945), painter
• Ba Shin (born 1914), colonel and historian
• Ba Swe (1915–1987), Prime Minister of Burma
• Ba Than (historian) (1870s – c. 1931), school teacher, writer, and historian
• Ba Than (surgeon) (1895–1971), surgeon, educator and administrator
• Ba Thet (1903–1972), painter
• Ba U (1887–1963), politician and lawyer
• Ba Win (1901–1947), politician
• Ba Zaw (1891–1942), artist

Other people

• Ba Ag Moussa (1970s–2020), Malian militant and jihadist
• Ba Lobbo (fl. from 1840s), general of the Massina Empire
• Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013), Mauritanian politician

People with the pseudonym

• Ba Ahmed (Ahmed bin Mūsa), Grand Wazir of Morocco and de facto ruler 1894–1900
• Ba Cụt (Le Quang Vinh, died 1956), Vietnamese military commander of the Hòa Hảo religious sect
• Ba Jin (Li Yaotang, 1904–2005), Chinese anarchist, translator and writer

Fictional characters with the name

• Hung Ba, in the Fung Wan Hong Kong wuxia manhua series
• Ba Giai and Tú Xuất, in Northern Vietnam's popular folk tales

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Ba
• Ba (surname)