Bais Family History

Dutch (mainly North Holland): patronymic from the personal name Baije, which is a derivative of an ancient Germanic name beginning with the element bern- ‘bear’, or possibly a variant of Boije, which may be a derivative of Boidin and thus a variant of Baldwin.

Italian (Friuli Venezia Giulia and Trentino-South Tyrol): nickname derived from German weiss ‘white’. Americanized form of Croatian and Slovenian Bajs: nickname from dialect bajs ‘bass’ (the musical instrument), figuratively ‘fatty potbelly’. The surname in the form Bais is found in Croatia too, where it is a less common variant.

Indian: Kshatriya Rajput name found among the Dhangar people of Maharashtra, ultimately from Sanskrit vasati ‘dwelling’ and by extension ‘one who owns land’. This is the name of a tribe originally found in the Manjhi Paithan region of the Deccan; Baiswada in Ganga-Yamuna Doaba is a district named for them.