German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for an
attendant in or owner of a public bath house, from an agent derivative
of Middle High German bat ‘bath’ (Old High German bad),
German Bad. In former times, such attendants undertook a
variety of functions, including blood-letting, tooth-pulling, and
hair-cutting.
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