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Profiles

  • Emilia Elfreda Pai (1919 - d.)
    FREDA EMÍLIA FREITAS PAI (s.d.). - Filha de pais goeses de Pomburpá, Bardez, fez-se médica e ingressou nos Serviços de Saúde do Exército Indiano, com a singularidade de ser uma das três primeiras mulhe...
  • Henn Pai (1937 - 2021)
    Henn Pai ( 29. mail 1937 – 02. juuni 2021 ) oli eesti laulja (bariton) ja laulupedagoog. Laulis 1957–60 Vanemuise kooris ja 1961–65 Eesti Raadio segakooris. Oli 1965–98 Vanemuise solist* sü 29.05.1937 ...
  • Lou Pai
    Lou Lung Pai (Chinese: 白露龍; pinyin: Bái Lòulóng) (born 1947) is a Chinese-American businessman and former Enron executive. He was CEO of Enron Energy Services from March 1997 until January 2001 and C...
  • Paul Pai (1920 - 1945)
    Täna (9.01.2015) 70 aastat tagasi langes metsavennana Petserimaa mees Paul Pai (1920 - 9.1.1945) "Sõjasurmad aastatel 1939/1945" lk. 297.

About the Pai surname

Pai is a common surname from coastal Karnataka in India. It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community.

Pai is known to be a prakrit of Pati or "Lord". Families with the surname Pai, are Saraswat Brahmins who speak the Konkani language. The Pai were mainly ledger keepers.

The surname Pai comes from the word Konkani Prakit word paee meaning Lord.

The name is also in use among some Konkani Catholics who trace their ancestry to the Goud Saraswat Brahmins of Goa and Karnataka.