Basic Family History
Basic Name Meaning
Bosniak Croatian and Serbian (Bašić): patronymic from baša ‘senior chief distinguished person’ a Bosnian Croatian and Serbian loanword from Turkish (see Basa 6 and ). Slovenian (Bašič) and Croatian (Bašić): patronymic from the personal name Baš (see Bas ) or Baša (see Basa ). Croatian (Basić): probably a patronymic from a short form of the personal name Basilije Latin Basilius (see Basil ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022