Bato Family History
Bato Surname Meaning
Filipino: from bato ‘stone’ in any of several languages of the Philippines; either a metonymic occupational name for a mason (someone who worked with stone) or a nickname evoking the attributes of strength and stubbornness.
Slovak (mainly Baťo also Báto Báťo Bató): nickname from baťo ‘older man’.
Assyrian/Chaldean: from a pet form of the Syriac personal name Patros ‘Peter’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
