Bac Family History
Bac Name Meaning
Polish (also Bać): perhaps a variant of Bacz from a pet form of the personal name Bartłomiej (see Bartholomew ) occuring in southeastern Poland. Aternatively it may be a metonymic occupational name derived from baca ‘shepherd’. Compare Batz . French: from bac ‘tub trough’ probably applied as a metonymic occupational name or as a topographic name. Slovenian: nickname from bac ‘lambkin’. Compare Batz . Vietnamese (Bạc): from the Chinese surname 薄 see Bo 6. Amerindian (Guatemala): Mayan name from a Castilianized form of b’aq ‘bone’ also ‘thin’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022