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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : variant spelling of Baudin, a diminutive of Baud meaning ‘joyful’.
  • As Beaudin and Bodin, this name is recorded in Quebec city in 1669, borne by an immigrant from the Poitou region of France.

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