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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.
Bagaoisan Filipino, TagalogFrom Tagalog
bagwisan meaning "to grow wings" or "to pull out the wing feathers (of a bird)".
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.
Bagchi BengaliHabitational name from the village of Bagcha in present-day West Bengal, India.
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.
Bagnall EnglishFrom a place in England, derived from the Old English name "
Badeca", a short form of any name beginning from
beadu "battle", and
halh "nook, recess".
Bago CebuanoDerived from
malabago and
maribago, the Cebuano name for the
Hibiscus tiliaceus plant.
Bagongahasa Filipino (Rare), TagalogRefers to "something newly sharpened". It comes from the words
bagong meaning "new" and
hasa meaning "sharp". This surname is mostly found in the town of Paete, Laguna, and is often the subject of ridicule because it contains the word
gahasa, meaning "rape"... [
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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.
Bah Fula (Anglicized)A surname of Fulani origin found all over Western Africa. French speaking African countries typically spell this surname as
Ba or
Bâ.
Bahamonde Spanish, GalicianDerived from
Baamonde (officially called
Santiago de Baamonde), a town and parish in the province of Lugo, in Galicia, Spain. This surname was borne by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), better known as Francisco Franco.
Bahşış 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.
Baili ChineseMeans "hundred miles", from Chinese 百 (
bǎi) meaning "hundred" and 里 (
lǐ) meaning "inside, hometown, miles".
Bails EnglishIndicated that the bearer lived outside the walls of a feudal castle, from the Old French
baile, refering to the structure
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).
Baishō JapaneseBai (倍) means "double", while shō (賞) means "Prize" or "Award". When you combine the two, it would likely mean "Double the Award".
Bajaj Indian, Punjabi, HindiOccupational name for a clothier from Punjabi ਬਜਾਜ
(bajaj) meaning "cloth merchant", ultimately derived from Arabic بزاز
(bazzaz).
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".
Bakedano BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Ameskoabarrena.
Bakeš CzechFrom a derivative of the personal name Bak.
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.
Bakkum DutchBakkum is a habitational name from the village so named near Castricum in North Holland province. Its meaning may be 'the homestead of someone with the personal name Bak', or refer to the location on a back of a hillside.
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.
Bakun PolishPossibly from
bak "screaming" or
bakać "to scold", from
bakun "low-quality tobacco", or from the Hebrew personal name
Bakum, possibly related to
Habakkuk.
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 TurkishMeans "honey" in Turkish, originally denoting a person who worked as a beekeeper.
Bala Indian1 Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi name, probably from Persian bālā ‘high’, ‘exalted’.... [
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Balandin RussianFrom a nickname derived from Russian баланда
(balanda) meaning "idle talk, nonsense".
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.
Balcı 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 MalteseDerived from Italian
baldacchino meaning "baldachin (or baldaquin)", referring to a type of canopy placed over a throne. It was originally used as an occupational name for a maker of baldachins.
Baldinger GermanGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from a place called Baldingen, either in Württemberg, Germany, or Aargau, Switzerland.
Baldis FrisianFrisian, Dutch, and North German: from a reduced and altered form of the personal name Balthasar (see
Baltazar).
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).
Baldoni ItalianFrom the Germanic word "baltha", which means "gallant" or "bold."
Baldovino SpanishHispanic (mainly Philippines and Colombia) and Italian: from the personal name Baldovino from ancient Germanic Baldowin (see Baldwin ).
Baldy EnglishPossibly derived from an Old English feminine given name, *
Bealdgýð, composed of the elements
beald "bold" and
guð "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.
Bale EnglishName for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle.
Balen EnglishEnglish surname, perhaps of Cornish British origin, from belen, meaning "mill."
Balfager Gothic, Medieval PortugueseName of a Visigoth noble family (around the 10th century) from the Iberian Peninsula (current northern Portugal), meaning "bold spear"; they descent from the Balti dynasty.
Balfe IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic Balbh meaning 'stammering dumb' itself probably a translation of a Norman surname of similar meaning ultimately derived from Latin balbus 'stammering'.
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".
Balingbing Filipino, TagalogDerived from the
devil chase, a percussion instrument originating in Southern Asia commonly found in India and the Philippines, via its other name
balingbing.
Balkenende DutchPossibly from a place name derived from Middle Dutch
balke meaning "timber, beam" and
einde meaning "end". A famous bearer is the former Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende (1956-).
Balkwill Anglo-Saxon (Archaic)From the Old English pre 7th Century
balca, "beam", with
wiell(a), "spring, stream", and probably refers to a primitive footbridge made by a tree trunk across the stream. The name may also be topographical for a dweller by the footbridge.
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).
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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Ballut FrenchDerived from Old Occitan
baluter, cognate of French
bluter (via Middle French
beluter), meaning "to sift, to sieve, especially the flour from the bran", this name used to denote a miller.
Balma ItalianPerhaps a topographic name from the dialect word
balma meaning ‘grotto’, ‘cave’, ‘jutting rock’.
Balmaceda Spanish, BasqueFrom
Balmaseda, the name of a town and municipality in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is derived from Spanish
val meaning "valley" and Basque
mahatseta meaning "vineyard"... [
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Balmaseda BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Baloch BalochiFrom the name of the Baloch people who primarily reside in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, itself of uncertain meaning.
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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Balston EnglishFrom the name of a place meaning "Beald's valley" from Old English
denu meaning valley.