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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : probably a variant of Badou(x), from a short form of a personal name of West Frankish origin formed with Bad- as the first element.
  • alternatively, a nickname from Occitan badou ‘stupid’. Compare Badon, Badeau. This is a frequent name in MI.
  • Muslim : variant of Baddour.

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