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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Origin unidentified. : Origin unidentified. Perhaps a variant of German Bussen.
  • Origin unidentified. : Alternatively, possibly an American variant of French Baussant, a nickname for someone with a freckled or mottled complexion, from Old French baucent, baussant ‘spotted’, ‘flecked’.

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