English: probably an occupational name for the servant of someone
called Badd or Batt, but possibly in some cases a
nickname for a reprobate, from Middle English badde ‘bad’,
‘worthless’, ‘evil’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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