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Type Surname
Usage English

Meaning & History

From the Old English personal name Bada which possibly a short form of various names with the first element being the Old English beadu "battle". It could also be a short form of a Germanic personal name composed with badu "strife", or from an occupational North German surname from the Middle Low German bade "messenger".
Added 1/30/2008 by anonymous
Edited 12/23/2022 by Mike C, Frollein Gladys and Ora