The bath Surname
bath Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from the city of Bath in western England, which is the site of sumptuous, but in the Middle Ages ruined, Roman baths. The place is named with the dative plural of Old English bæð ‘bath’. In some cases the surname may have originated as a metonymic occupational name for an attendant at a public bath house.
- Scottish: reduced and altered form of McBeth.
- German: variant of Bathe.
- Indian (Panjab): Sikh name based on the name of a Jat clan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Charles H. Bath |
 Pat9705
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| Bath Family at Shoreditch Middlesex England |
NormanElkins82
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| George Bath b. 2 May 1840 NY | Julie Cluff | 9 |
| Baths of Christian Malford Wiltshire.To Walcha NSW Australia |
spiritseeker12
| 8 |
| Bath line in Laramie, Wy | Melissa Schliebe | 5 |
| Bath Family from Rame / Plymouth |
wendy14700
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| Bath/Batch Families of Dubois Co, IN |
| 0 |
| Medieval Connections | Michael Edward Bath | 7 |
| Bath, Henry or Tristram |
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| John Bath |
MavisKemsley77
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