Babak (Persian: بابک‎‎) is a common Persian given name for males. It derives from the Middle Persian name PÄbag (earlier PÄpak) which means "beloved father".
Babatunde (a variant form of Babajide) is a male given name. In the Yoruba language, it means Father Returns, or a Father has Returned. This generally refers to a male ancestor such as a deceased father, grandfather, or great grandfather.
Bacchus Name Meaning. English: variant of Backus. The form of the name appears to have been assimilated by folk etymology to the name of Bacchus, the Greek god of wine. Variant of German Backhaus. Muslim: probably a variant of Bacho.
This surname is established throughout central Europe and in Scandinavia, not just in Germany. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bach 'stream', 'creek'. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Middle English bache. Welsh: distinguishing epithet from Welsh bach 'little', 'small'.
Bacon Name Meaning. English and French: metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork, from Middle English, Old French bacun, bacon 'bacon' (a word of Germanic origin, akin to Back 1). English and French: from the Germanic personal name Bac(c)o, Bahho, from the root bag- 'to fight'.
The Scottish surname Bains is derived from a nickname for a person with fair-hair. This name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic bà n, meaning "white", "fair". The name was common in the Scottish Highlands, and is first recorded in 1324 in Perth.
Bainbridge Name Meaning. English: habitational name from Bainbridge in North Yorkshire, named for the Bain river on which it stands (which is named with Old Norse beinn 'straight') + Old English brycg 'bridge'.
Scottish and northern English: nickname meaning 'bones'. Compare Bain 2. Scottish: reduced form of McBane, with English patronymic -s. English, of Welsh origin: Anglicized form of Welsh ab Einws 'son of Einws', a pet form of the personal name Einon (see Eynon). English: from a derivative of Bain.
Baird Name Meaning. Scottish: occupational name from Gaelic bà rd 'bard', 'poet', 'minstrel', or of Gaelic Mac an Baird 'son of the bard'.
Origin of the name Blaise: Borrowed from the French, Blaise is of uncertain etymology. Some believe it is derived from the Latin Blaesus, which is from blaesus (deformed, stuttering). Var: Blaize, Blayze, Blaze. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.
