Bade Family History
Bade Name Meaning
English (North Yorkshire) and Scottish: probably from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Bad(d)a which is perhaps a short form of various compound names with the first element beadu ‘battle’. North German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with badu ‘strife battle’. North German: occupational name from Middle Low German bade ‘messenger’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022