Family name origins & meanings
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for an attendant in or owner of a public bath house, from an agent derivative of Middle High German bat ‘bath’ (Old High German bad), German Bad. In former times, such attendants undertook a variety of functions, including blood-letting, tooth-pulling, and hair-cutting.
- Southern French : variant of Badié (see Badie).