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bub Name Meaning and History

South German: nickname meaning ‘boy’, Middle High German buobe (originally a nursery word). The word was also used to denote a menial servant, and took on a derogatory meaning.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bub Families in the US in 1920
Number of bub families
 11-19
 4-10
 1-3
 0
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