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Bartolotta ItalianBartolotta was the name taken by the followers of Saint Bartholomew. Bartholomew was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus. He is credited as bringing Christianity to Armenia in the 1st century.
Barua Indian, AssameseFrom a military title historically used in Assam, derived from an Ahom word meaning "ten thousand" (referring to the number of soldiers under the command of such an officer).
Barua BengaliFrom the name of the Barua people of Bangladesh and Myanmar, perhaps meaning "great noble rulers" or of Assamese origin.
Barwick English, GermanEnglish: habitational name from any of various places called Barwick, for example in Norfolk, Somerset, and West Yorkshire, from Old English
bere ‘barley’ +
wic ‘outlying farm’, i.e. a granary lying some distance away from the main village.... [
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Barzagli ItalianProbably from
barezzo, an old word of Germanic origin used to denote people who bred pigs or sold ham.
Barzanî KurdishDenoted a person from the village of
Barzan in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Barzilaij Dutch, JewishDutch form (or "dutchization", if you will) of
Barzilai via
Barzilay. This name is found exclusively in the Dutch-Jewish community, and is considered quite rare: there were only 112 bearers in 1947 and only 51 bearers in 2007.
Baş TurkishMeans "head, top" or "leader" in Turkish.
Basarrate BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous area of the district of Santutxu in the city of Bilbao.
Basciani ItalianThe surname Basciani derives from a nickname probably given to the family of origin (from the Latin "Bassus"), for the probable short stature of some components, although the derivation from the Campania family "Bassus" is not excluded.
Bascöurt FrenchThe Bascourt or Bascur surname is from France, from that place dates the beginning of the surname, however the French of previous centuries had no records of that surname. ... [
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Basel GermanHabitational name denoting someone from the city of Basel, Switzerland.
Bashkirov m RussianOriginally indicated a person who was a Bashkir, a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Russia, from Russian башкир (
baškir).
Basiński PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Basin.
Basisty RussianDerived from Russian басистый
(basisty) meaning "having bass, deep voice".
Baskakov RussianOf Turkic origin, specifically derived from the word "Baskak," which means "tax collector".
Baskerville EnglishMeans "bush town", from Anglo-Norman French boschet (a little bush) and ville (town).
Baskin JewishMeans "son of
Baske", a Yiddish female personal name (a pet-form of the Biblical name
Bath Seba). Baskin-Robbins is a US chain of ice-cream parlours founded in Glendale, California in 1945 by Burt Baskin (1913-1969) and Irv Robbins (1917-2008).
Basler GermanHabitational name denoting someone from the city of Basel, Switzerland.
Başoğlu TurkishMeans "son of the leader" from Turkish
baş meaning "leader, head".
Basque FrenchOriginally denoted a Basque person or someone from the Basque Country in Spain.
Bassett EnglishFrom Old French
bas meaning "short", low". It was either used as a nickname for a short person or someone of humble origins.
Bassford EnglishHabitational name from any of several places called Basford, especially the one in Nottinghamshire. There are others in Staffordshire and Cheshire. Either that or it's from Old English
berc "birch tree" + Old English
ford "ford".
Bastiat FrenchMeaning of this name is unknown. Possibly derived from
Sebastian The surname Bastiat was first found in Poitou, where this family held a family seat since ancient times.
Bastidas SpanishPossibly related to the French word "bastide", referring to fortified towns built in Southern France in the Middle Ages.... [
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Basumatary Indian, BodoFrom Sanskrit वसुमती
(Vasumati), another name for the Hindu goddess
Bhumi. She is believed to be the mythical mother of the Bodo people.
Baszowski PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Baszowice.
Baszucki PolishVariant of
Baszowski. One notable person with this surname is David Baszucki (1963-), CO founder and current CEO of the videogame platform "Roblox".
Batac PampanganFrom Pampangan
batak meaning "to pull" or "to extend help or aid".
Bataille Frenchnickname for a bellicose man from
bataille "battle" (from Latin
battalia) or a habitational name from (La) Bataille the name of several places in France all named as the site of a battle in former times... [
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Batawi ArabicMeans "Betawi" in Arabic, referring to someone originally from the city of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) in Indonesia.
Batchelor English, ScottishOccupational name for an unmarried man, a young knight or a novice, ultimately from medieval Latin
baccalarius "unenfeoffed vassal, knight with no retainers".
Batey English (?)Originates from mostly northern England. Is the presumed given name to fishers. (With it meaning "Small fishing boat" in old English.)
Bathgate Scottish, EnglishFrom the town of Bathgate, west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The town's name derives from Cumbric
*beith, meaning 'boar' (Welsh
baedd) and
*gaith. meaning 'wood' (Welsh
coed).
Batistuta ItalianPossibly from a diminutive of the given name
Battista. A famous bearer is the former Argentinian soccer player Gabriel Batistuta (1969-).
Batley EnglishFrom the name of a town in Yorkshire, from Old English given name
Bata and
leah "woodland, clearing".
Batlokwa Tswana, Southern Africana branch of the Bakgatla section of the Bantu speaking communities which originated from the Great Lakes and Northern Central Africa. Batlokwa are said to have been a breakaway branch of the Bakgatla which is another Bahurutse section of the Tswana people.
Batmaz TurkishMeans "unsinkable, buoyant" or "cheerful, carefree" in Turkish.
Batres SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Batt EnglishThis is patronymic form of the medieval personal name "Batte", meaning "son of Batte", ... [
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Batta IndianHindu name of unknown meaning, based on the name of a subgroup among the Tank goldsmiths of Panjab.
Battello ItalianThough it coincides with Italian
battello "boat, dinghy", it probably derives from the given name
Bathyllus, a latinized form of a Greek name... [
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Battenberg GermanHabitational name for a person from the small town named Battenberg in Hesse, from Old High German personal name
Batto and
berg "mountain, hill"... [
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Battersby EnglishDerives from the place of Battersby in North Yorkshire, which is composed of Old Norse personal name
Bǫðvarr and the Old Norse suffix
býr "farm, settlement"... [
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Battiloro ItalianMeans "goldworker", specifically an artisan who applied gold foil to other material, from Italian
batti "to beat, to strike" and
'l oro "the gold".
Batungbakal FilipinoTagalog Filipino surname meaning "iron stone", from Tagalog
bato "stone" combined with
bakal "iron, steel".
Batz Upper GermanDerived from Alemannic Swabian
Batz "pile; large quantity", possibly applied as a nickname either for a man of large physical proportions or for a man of wealth. The term also denoted a coin and may have been used metonymically for a coiner... [
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Batz MayanFrom Mayan
b'atz' meaning "monkey", specifically referring to the black howler (Alouatta caraya).
Baucom EnglishVariant spelling of
BALCOMBE, a habitational name from West Sussex derived from Old English
bealu "evil" and
cumb "valley".
Baudelaire FrenchPossibly from French
baudelaire, a type of short sword with a curved blade and S-shaped quillons. A famous bearer of the name was French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867).
Baudric French (Rare)Derived from the medieval French given name
Baudric, which was a variant form of
Baldéric, the French form of
Baldric.
Baudry FrenchDerived from the medieval French given name
Baudry, which was a variant form of
Baudric, a given name that itself was a variant form of
Baldéric (see
Baldric)... [
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Bauerdick GermanA surname originating from the Rhineland region of Germany. It is derived from German
Bauer (
Bur in the locals dialects) "farmer" and
Deich (
Diek and
Dick in the local dialects) "levee" or
Teich "pond"... [
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Bauersack GermanSemi-Germanized form of the Polish surname
Burczak, originally derived from Polish
burczec "growl; shout".... [
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Bäumchen GermanSurname of German origin meaning "little tree". It could have been used to describe someone who lived near a tree or forest.
Baumeister GermanOccupational name for a "builder" in German; from Middle High German 'buwen' 'to build' + meister 'master'.... [
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Baumfree Dutch, American, African AmericanThis name is clearly derived from Sojourner Truth, a former African-American slave who was born as Isabella Bomefree (but at some point the surname was changed to the more German-looking Baumfree). Although Sojourner's original owners - James and Elizabeth Bomefree/Baumfree - were apparently of Dutch descent, it is questionable whether the surname is really of Dutch origin... [
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Baumkötter German (Modern)From the German words 'Baum' meaning 'tree' and 'Kötter' a type of villager who dwelt in a cottage, similar to the Scottish Cotter. "Presumably a 'Baumkötter' earned money from a small orchard on their property."
Bauza CatalanFrom Balearic Catalan
bausá meaning "foolish" or "silly".
Bauzon FilipinoPossibly from Hokkien 茅
(bâu) meaning "thatch, reeds" and 孫
(sun) meaning "grandchild".
Bavaro ItalianMeans "Bavarian" in Italian, denoting someone from
Bavaria, a state in Germany that was formerly an independent kingdom.
Bawa PunjabiSikh name based on the name of a Jat clan. It is also a title given to the male descendants of the first three Sikh gurus.
Bax EnglishPossibly a short form of
Baxter, or maybe from the Anglo-Saxon word
box, referring to the box tree.
Baxendale EnglishHabitational name, probably an altered form of Baxenden, a place near Accrington, which is named with an unattested Old English word bæcstān meaning "bakestone" (a flat stone on which bread was baked) + denu meaning "valley"... [
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Bay English, French, DutchDerived from Middle English and Old French
bay,
bai and Middle Dutch
bay, all meaning "reddish brown". It was originally a nickname for someone with a hair color similar to that.
Bayabao Filipino, MaranaoFrom Maranao
Bayabaw, the term used to refer to traditional subdivisions of the eastern regions of Lanao.