The bach Surname
bach Name Meaning and History
- German: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Middle High German bach ‘stream’. 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’.
- Norwegian: Americanized spelling of the topographic name Bakk(e) ‘hillside’ (see Bakke).
- Polish, Czech, and Slovak: from the personal name Bach, a pet form of Bartomolaeus (Polish Bartlomiej, Czech Bartolomej, Slovak Bartolomej (see Bartholomew) or possibly in some cases of Baltazar or Sebastian).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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