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In the world, באי (Baye , Bai , באי ) is a widespread unisex first name. The forename באי is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ethiopia, where it is quite a common epicene name, Senegal, where it is quite a common male name, and Gambia, where it is quite a common unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Ethiopia, India, and Senegal. Much more frequently, באי is the last name as well as the forename.
באי is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bai Lao Xifu , the Dream of the Red Chamber character; Bai Laiguang , the Jin Ping Mei character; Bai Yulian , the Jin Ping Mei character; Bai Yutang , the fictional character, The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants and Baye Laye , the fictional character appearing in the movie « La pirogue », The Pirogue.