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BA ArabicArabic from a shortened form of
Aba, accusative case of
Abu ‘father’.
BA ChineseChinese from the name of the kingdom of Ba, which existed in Sichuan during the
ZHOU dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of some of the ruling class adopted the name of the kingdom as their surname... [
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BAACK North Frisian, DutchEither 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’, for example Baldewin) or from Middle Low German baec, bake ‘pork’, ‘bacon’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a butcher or pig farmer.
BAAMONDE GalicianThis indicates familial origin within either of 5 eponymous parishes.
BABA JapaneseFrom Japanese 馬場
(baba) meaning "riding ground".
BABBIT Anglo-SaxonBabbitt is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a product of when the family lived in Suffolk. The surname refers to a person who came from Babe, which may refer to an area known as the Hundred of Babegh in the county of Suffolk... [
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BABEL FrenchEither (i) from the medieval French personal name
Babel, apparently adopted from that of St
Babylas, a 3rd-century Christian patriarch of Antioch, the origins of which are uncertain; or (ii) an invented Jewish name based on German or Polish
Babel "Babylon".
BABINEC CzechNickname from Old Czech babinec meaning "coward".
BABINGTON EnglishHabitational name for someone from Babington in Somerset or Great or Little Bavington in Northumberland, named with the Old English personal name Babba + the connective particle -ing- meaning "associated with", "named after" + tūn meaning "settlement".
BACCHUS English(i) Variant of
BACKUS (meaning "one who lives in or works in a bakery", from Old English
bǣchūs "bakehouse, bakery"), the spelling influenced by
BACCHUS (name of the Greek and Roman god of wine).... [
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BACHARACHAS JewishBacharachas is a derivate of the Bacharach that is a town in Germany.
BACIU RomanianRomanian surname from the word "baci" (shepherd)or the capitan of the game "oina".
BÄCKMAN SwedishCombination of Swedish
bäck "small stream" and
man "man".
BACKMAN English, Swedish, GermanCombination of Old English
bakke "spine, back" and
man "man". In Swedish, the first element is more likely to be derived from Swedish
backe "hill", and in German the first element can be derived from German
backen "to bake"... [
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BACOLOD Filipino, Hiligaynon, CebuanoDerived from Hiligaynon
bakolod meaning "hill, mound, rise". This is also the name of a city in the Negros Occidental province in the Philippines.
BACON English, French, NormanAn occupational surname for someone who sold pork, from Middle English and Old French
bacun or
bacon, meaning 'bacon', which is ultimately of Germanic origin. Can also be derived from the Germanic given names
Baco,
Bacco, or
Bahho, from the root
bag-, meaning 'to fight'... [
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BACQUE BasqueIt's a Basque and Gascon surname whose meaning is cowboy, rancher (cattle rancher) or breeder.
BACUNAWA Filipino, CebuanoDerived from Cebuano
bakunawa referring to a type of serpent or dragon in Visayan mythology.
BĄCZALSKI PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of a cluster of 3 Lesser Polish villages: Bączal Dolny, Bączal Górny, or Bączałka.
BADAMI IndianThe town of Badami is situated in the northern part of Karnataka. It was formerly known as Vatapi and was the capital of the Chalukya kingdom from the 6th to the 8th century ad.
BADDELEY EnglishFrom place names in both Suffolk and Staffordshire derived from an Old English personal name, 'Badda,' possibly meaning "battle" and
lee or
leah for a "woodland clearing," therefore meaning someone from "Badda's woodland clearing."
BADILLO SpanishTopographic name from a diminutive of vado ‘ford’ (Latin vadum) or a habitational name from either of two places named with this word: Valillo de la Guarena in Zamora province or Vadillo de al Sierra in Ávila.
BADOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Badowo in Skierniewice voivodeship.
BADRINETTE EnglishApparently an extremely rare name of French origin, but isn't used as a first name in France. It might come from the rather uncommon French surname
Bardinette, which apparently is a variant spelling of the surname
Bardinet... [
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BAEDER German (Austrian)Means something like "bath house" which historically was associated with health or medicine.
BAEK KoreanKorean form of
BAI, from Sino-Korean 白
(baek) meaning "white".
BAER GermanDerived from Old High German
bero "bear".
BAFFA ItalianThe origins of this surname are uncertain, but it may be from Italian
baffo "mustache", with the Latinate feminine suffix probably due to the influence of the word
famiglia "family". Alternatively it may be Albanian in origin, of unexplained meaning.
BAGATSING FilipinoFilipinized form of
Bhagat Singh, a combination of Sanskrit भगत
(bhagat) meaning "devotee, follower" combined with सिंह
(siṃhá) meaning "lion". A notable bearer was
RAMON Bagatsing (1916-2006), the 19th Mayor of Manila who was of Indian descent.
BAGCI Turkish (Rare)Bagci translated into English means vigneron, a vigneron is a person who cultivates grapes for winemaking. Originated in the 1920s in Turkey after the Balkan wars
BAGDONAS LithuanianPatronymic from the personal name Bagdon, Lithuanian form of Polish Bogdan.
BAGGINS LiteratureIn J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," the surname of
FRODO Baggins. Also the name of his relative Bilbo Baggins. The Bagginses are a well-to-do and respectable family of Hobbits living in Hobbiton of the Shire... [
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BAGO CebuanoDerived from
malabago and
maribago, the Cebuano name for the
Hibiscus tiliaceus plant.
BAGRATIONI GeorgianMeans "son of
BAGRAT" in Georgian. This was the name of a royal dynasty that ruled Georgia from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
BAGUINDA Filipino, Maguindanao, MaranaoFrom the Minangkabau title
bagindo denoting a prince or member of royalty. It was probably adopted in honour of Rajah Baguinda Ali (Raja Bagindo Ali in Indonesian sources), a Minangkabau prince who became a ruler of the Sulu Archipelago.
BAHŞIŞ Crimean TatarDerived from Persian بخشش
(baxšeš) meaning "forgiveness, amnesty" or بخشیش
(bakhšīš) meaning "present, gratuity, reward".
BAIG MuslimBaig Name Meaning Muslim (common in Pakistan): from the Turkish word beg ‘bey’, originally a title denoting a local administrator in the Ottoman Empire, but subsequently widely used as a title of respect... [
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BAIG Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish, ArabicDerived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (
beg) (modern Turkish
bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master". It is especially common in Pakistan and the Maghreb.
BAIGORRI BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune in the arrondissement of Baiona.
BAIN Scottish, French, EnglishNickname for a hospitable person from northern Middle English beyn, bayn meaning "welcoming", "friendly".... [
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BAINBRIDGE Englishfrom Bainbridge in North Yorkshire, named for the Bain river on which it stands (which is named with Old Norse beinn ‘straight’) + bridge.
BAINEBRIDGE English, IrishBridge over the Bain, An English town named for its place on the river Bain, now used as a surname. Lives near the bridge over the white water... [
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BAIO ItalianFrom a nickname for someone with light brown or reddish-brown hair or beard, from
baio meaning "bay horse", ultimately derived from Late Latin
badius meaning "red-brown".
BAIRNSFATHER EnglishFrom a medieval nickname in Scotland and northern England for the (alleged) father of an illegitimate child (from northern Middle English
bairnes "child's" +
father). This surname was borne by British cartoonist and author Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959).
BAJRAMOVIĆ BosnianDerived from Bosnian
bajram meaning "Eid" (a Muslim festival), borrowed from Turkish
bayram.
BAJWA PunjabiDerived from Persian باز والا
(bâz vâlâ) meaning "great hawk, great falcon".
BAKHTIARI PersianFrom the given name
BAKHTIAR, also used to refer to a member of the Bakhtiari tribe from southwestern Iran.
BAKISTO EsperantoOccupational surname for a baker. Comes from
baki, meaning "to bake" and
-isto, a suffix used for professions.
BAKON PolishOrigin is uncertain, possibly the Polish version of the surname
BACON.
BĄKOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Bąkowa, Bąkowice, Bąkowiec or Bąkowo, all derived from Polish
bąk meaning "horsefly", "bumblebee" or "bittern" (a type of bird).
BAKR ArabicFrom the given name
BAKR. A famous bearer was Abu Bakr (573-634), the first Islamic caliphate.
BAKSHI Indian, Bengali, PunjabiDerived from Persian بخشی
(baxši) meaning "paymaster, scribe, secretary", used as a title for officials who distributed wages in Muslim armies.
BAKUNIN Russianderived from Russian words "бакуня" (bakunya) and "бакуля" (bakulya) meaning chatterbox, talkative person or agile, business-like person.... [
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BAL PunjabiBal is an sikh and muslim jat family. they will few found in Pakistan and India Punjab. Basically they will found from bal kalan tehsil verka 5 District Sri Amritsar Punjab India. In the 2011 Census Bal Kalan Local Language is Punjabi... [
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BAL PunjabiBal is an sikh and muslim jat family. they will few found in Pakistan and India Punjab. Basically they will found from bal kalan tehsil verka 5 District Sri Amritsar Punjab India. In the 2011 Census Bal Kalan Local Language is Punjabi... [
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BALA Indian1 Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi name, probably from Persian bālā ‘high’, ‘exalted’.... [
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BALASUBRAMANIAN TamilA Hindu name from Sanskrit bālasubrahmạnya ‘child Subrahmanya’ (from bāla ‘child’ + subrahmạnya ‘dear to Brahmans’, an epithet of the god Kartikeya, son of the god Shiva) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n... [
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BALBOA GalicianHabitational name from the city of Balboa, named with Latin vallis bona 'pleasant valley'.
BALCH WelshFrom the Welsh adjective balch, which has a range of meanings—"fine", "splendid", "proud", "arrogant", "glad"—but the predominant meaning is "proud" and from this the family name probably derives.
BALCI TurkishMeans "beekeeper" in Turkish, ultimately from
bal meaning "honey".
BALCOM EnglishAltered spelling of English
Balcombe, a habitational name from Balcombe in West Sussex, which is named with Old English
bealu "evil, calamity" (or the Old English personal name
Bealda) combined with
cumb "valley".
BALDACCHINO Maltese, Italian, SicilianOccupational name for an artisan who made the baldachin, also spelled baldaquin, a type of canopy used in cathedrals, from Italian
baldacchino "baldachin". This word is derived from Italian
Baldacca, a doublet of
Bagdad "
Baghdad", the city where the material originally came from.
BALDINGER GermanGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from a place called Baldingen, either in Württemberg, Germany, or Aargau, Switzerland.
BALDOCK English (Rare)Means "person from Baldock", Hertfordshire ("Baghdad": in the Middle Ages the lords of the manor were the Knights Templar, whose headquarters were in Jerusalem, and they named the town
Baldac, the Old French name for Baghdad).
BALDY EnglishPossibly derived from an Old English feminine given name, *
Bealdgýð, composed of the elements
beald "bold" and
gyð "battle", first recorded c.1170 as
BALDITH, and in other cases from the Old Norse byname or given name
Baldi.
BALE EnglishVariant of
Bail. This is the surname of Welsh footballer Gareth Bale.
BALEN EnglishEnglish surname, perhaps of Cornish British origin, from belen, meaning "mill."
BALFOUR ScottishOriginating from several place names in Scotland. Derived from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "village pasture".
BALIAN ArmenianPatronymic of uncertain origin, perhaps from Turkish bal ‘lord’, ‘master’, a word of Arabic origin.
BALIJA Indian, TeluguIt is a Telugu name, denoting either "traders/merchants" or "agriculturists".
BALLARD EnglishEnglish and Scottish: derogatory nickname from a derivative of
bald ‘bald-headed’ (see also
Bald).
BALLASTER EnglishMeant "person who makes or is armed with a crossbow" (from a derivative of Middle English
baleste "crossbow", from Old French).
BALLERINI ItalianOccupational name or nickname for a dancer, Italian
ballerino, an agent derivative of
ballare "to dance".
BALLON SpanishTheoretically it could be a variant of vallón, from valle ‘valley’, but neither form is attested as a vocabulary word or as a place name element. Alternatively, it could be a Castilian spelling of Catalan Batlló, Balló, nicknames from diminutives of batlle ‘dancing’.English: variant spelling of Balon.
BALLOU Haitian Creole, French (Caribbean), FrenchThe Ballou name comes from that Medieval landscape of northwestern France known as Brittany. The name Ballou was originally derived from the family having lived in Brittany, where this distinguished family was established from ancient times... [
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BALMA ItalianPerhaps a topographic name from the dialect word
balma meaning ‘grotto’, ‘cave’, ‘jutting rock’.
BALOKOVIĆ CroatianMost of Croatian families with the surname (last name) Baloković originate from the town of Donji Miholjac located in Osijek-Baranja County on the border with Hungary. During the 1700s and 1800s most of the people bearing this family name were born either in Donji Miholjac and/or nearby Nasice... [
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BALSAM GermanOccupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes.
BALSANO German (Austrian), ItalianThe roots of the distinguished surname Balzano lie in Austria. The name derives itself from "Balthasar," the name of one of the three Magi who followed the star to Bethlehem, and was popular as both a first name and a family name during the 18th century.... [
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BAMBOROUGH EnglishBamborough name origin from early Northumberland early times other name know from the Bamborough is bamburgh as in bamburgh castle, ... [
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BAN CroatianDerived from a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
BANAS PolishThe town of Bana, in Hungary, is said to have given birth to this family name. The name appears to have traveled northward, within eastern Europe, ending up in Poland where it is most recognized.
BANDARA SinhaleseFrom a title used for political and military leaders in the Sinhala Kingdom, which was derived from the name of a group of guardian deities in Sinhalese Buddhist belief.
BANDI ItalianDerived from Late Latin
Bandus itself from the Germanic
band and the Latin
banda, all meaning "sign, emblem, banner". It can also derive from the Italian word
bando meaning "announcement" from the Germanic
bann.
BANDO JapaneseThis may be inaccurate, but Family Education says it means " East of The Slope", referring to eastern provinces of Osaka (lit. "Great Slope"). It's most popular in eastern Japan, where it originates from.
BANDY GermanThis interesting surname of German and Ashkenazic origin is a diminutive of the metonymic occupational name
Band, originally given to someone who made the wooden hoops with which wooden barrels were fastened together, deriving from the Germanic
band meaning "hoop", "band"... [
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BANG DanishOriginally a nickname denoting a loud or brash person, from Old Danish
bang "noise" (from Old Norse
banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin). A literary bearer was Danish author Herman Bang (1857-1912).... [
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BANG KoreanBang is derived from the Korean word ‘sarangbang’ referring to a ‘room’.
BANGLA BengaliFrom বাংলা
(Bangla), the endonym of the Bengali people, the region of Bengal (including Bangladesh), and the Bengali language. The word itself is derived either from
Vanga, the name of an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, or from an Austric word meaning "sun god".
BANKHEAD Scottish, Northern IrishTopographic name for someone who lived at the top or end of a bank or hill. There are several minor places in Scotland so called, but the most likely source of the surname is one on the border between the parishes of Kilmarnock and Dreghorn in Ayrshire, Scotland.
BANKSTON EnglishDerived from the old English world "Banke" usually given to a family who lived near a hill or a slope.
BANKSY English, Popular CultureThis is pseudonyms Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. Banksy's real name might be Robin Gunningham. How Banksy got his pseudonym is unknown... [
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BANOVIĆ Serbian, Croatian"Son of a Ban", the
-ić "son of" suffix with
ban, the title of class of Croatian nobility beginning in the 7th century approximately equivalent to viceroy, lord or duke, stemming potentially from the Turkic
bajan ("rich, wealthy").
BANWELL EnglishMeans "person from Banwell", Somerset ("killer spring (perhaps alluding to a contaminated water source)").
BAO ChineseThere are three different surnames that are Romanized in pinyin as Bao. Other Romanizations include Bau, Pao, and Pau. This character also means "abalone", but the name comes from an old place name... [
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BAR HebrewFrom Aramaic בְּרָא
(b'rā) meaning "son, child" or Hebrew בָּר
(bar) meaning "grain, cereal".
BARAD Biblical Hebrew (Rare)It's the Hebrew name of one the biblical plagues in the Hebrew bible that God cast on Egypt. It means Hail as in the Ice storm.
BARAGA SloveneA Slovene surname of unknown origin. A notable bearer was Slovene-American Roman Catholic bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868), who was the bishop of Marquette, a town in Upper Michigan, USA. There is also a village in Upper Michigan named Baraga, which was named after the bishop.
BARASCH HebrewAcronym of the first two letters for the Hebrew phrase "son of the Rabbi Samuel." Bar Rabbi Schmul