Ba is a
given name shared by several notable people. Considered here is the 'Ba' given name prevalent in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
of the 20th Century, as well as the ancient Chinese given names
跋,
霸, and
巴 (traditional Chinese in each case) which are both translated as the English 'Ba'.
Given name instances
Representative (not comprehensive) biographical instances are included below.
;Born after 100
* China:
Liu Ba ←
劉巴 (186–222)
* China:
Zang Ba ←
臧霸 (flourished c.200)
* China:
Xiahou Ba ←
夏侯霸 (flourished 220-240; died c.258)
;Born after 300
* China:
Feng Ba ←
馮跋 (died 430)
;Born after 1800
* Myanmar: U
Ba U (1887–1963)
;Born after 1900
* Myanmar: U
Ba Swe (1915–1987)
* Myanmar: U
Ba Htay (1906–2000)
Pseudonyms
* China:
Ba Jin (born 'Li Yaotang' 1904–2005)
* Vietnam:
Ba Cụt (born 'Le Quang Vinh', died 1956)
Fictional characters
* Hong Kong manhua:
Hung Ba
''Fung Wan'' () or ''Feng Yun'' is a Hong Kong ''wuxia'' manhua series. It is the first manhua released by Ma Wing-shing in 1989 with the help of his assistant Siu Kit under his own company, Jonesky Publishing. Before the third part, the manhua ...
← 雄霸 (debut 1989)
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