Bak

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Beck in IN India, CZ Czechia, CH Switzerland and 3 more, Бек in KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan, UZ Uzbekistan and 1 more, Bek in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, AF Afghanistan and Бак in RU Russia, UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Bak is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname56K records spelled Bak39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Germany, Australia

  Languages: English, Danish, German

  Also written Baek, Bek, Bäk, Bąk, Bák

• Turkish surname11K records spelled Bak6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Syria, Morocco

  Also written Baek, Bãk, Bąk, Bàk

• French surname6.4K records spelled Bak12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Netherlands

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Bek, Bąk, Bak', Bék, Bàk

• a separate surname1.8K records spelled Bak5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Netherlands

  Also written Bąk, Ba̧k, Bäk, Baḳ

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Bak is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Abbreviation of back.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Khmer, p. to be broken (of some­ thing rigid). 2. p. to fall or flow violently (of water, as in a waterfall or rapids)

  as a word·Headley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)

• In cdo, chicken fried with oil, soy, ete ROO a deep yellow

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In Russian, "wide, tall."

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Indonesian, preposition to denote comparison

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 76 years between 1922–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Park Chung-heeb. 1917KRnot in their usual name3rd President of the Republic of Korea
• Park Geun-hyeb. 1952KRnot in their usual namePresident of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
• Nick Parkb. 1958GBnot in their usual nameBritish animator and filmmaker (born 1958)
• Psyb. 1977KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer (born 1977)
• Linda Parkb. 1978KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
• Park Ji-Sungb. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player
• Park Hae-soob. 1981KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
• Park Bo-gumb. 1990KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor, singer, and musician
• Park Chanyeolb. 1992KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean rapper, singer, actor, model, mc, composer, producer, songwriter.
• Park Ji-minb. 1995KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer and dancer (BTS)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 204 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Bak?

We estimate roughly 150 thousand people bear Bak (counting its spellings and scripts) across 18 countries in our records.

In which country does Bak have the most bearers?

We estimate about 94 thousand people bear Bak in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled bak.

How common is Bak compared with other names?

In Poland, Bak is the 46th most common surname of 614,248 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Bak mean?

Recorded meaning: tank (fuel reservoir of a vehicle)