Save Gender Masculine Usage Indonesian Pronounced Pron. /bai̯.ˈha.ki/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the Arabic surname البيهقي (al-Bayhaqī), which was borne by the 11th-century Islamic scholar Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Husayn al-Bayhaqi. The name indicates that he came from the city of Bayhaq (now Sabzevar) in present-day Iran.