Bas Family History
Bas Name Meaning
Catalan: habitational name from a place so named in the district of La Garrotxa Catalonia. Basque: topographic name for someone who lived by a wood from baso ‘wood forest’. Polish Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) and Ukrainian: metonymic occupational name for a musician from Polish Yiddish and Ukrainian (respectively) bas ‘bass viol violoncello’. For Jews the surname can come from any of the three languages in question as well as from German Baß. French: from Old French bas(se) ‘short of low stature’ (from Latin bassus ‘thickset’ i.e. wide as opposed to tall) a descriptive nickname for a short person. Compare Lebas . Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Sebastiaan (see Sebastian ). Slovenian (Baš): from an old short form of the personal name Sebastjan (see Sebastian ). Compare Bash .7: Turkish (Baş): ornamental name nickname or status name from baş ‘head’ also ‘chief’.8: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) and Ukrainian: nickname for someone with a deep voice from Ukrainian bas ‘deep voice’. For Jews the surname can also come from the Yiddish word with the identical meaning.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022