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Type Surname (from given name & from occupation)

Meaning & History

Either from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Baldeke (a short form of any of the compound names with the first element bald "bold, brave ", for example Baldewin), or from Middle Low German baec, bake "pork, bacon", hence a metonymic occupational name for a butcher or pig farmer.
Added 12/31/2015 by cutenose
Edited 9/14/2024 by jocatchi