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bau Name Meaning and History

  1. German: of uncertain origin; probably from Old High German buan ‘to live at a place’, or an occupational name from Middle High German bu, bou ‘cultivation’ or perhaps from a short form of compounds with this element, such as Bauhofer, Baumann.
  2. French: of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Beau meaning ‘handsome’, though it has also been suggested that it may derive from an obsolete personal name of Germanic origin.
  3. Chinese : variant of Bao 1.
  4. Chinese : variant of Bao 2.
  5. Chinese : variant of Bao 3.

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bau Family Facts

Distribution of bau Families in the US in 1920
Number of bau families
 3-4
 2-2
 1
 0
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