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Origin and popularity of the name BACON

Origin

Bacon : 1: English (of Norman origin) and French: from the Norman French personal name Bacun derived from the ancient Germanic name Bac(c)o Bahho based on the element bag ‘(to) fight (to) dispute’. The name was relatively common among the Normans in the form Bacus of which the oblique case was Bacon.2: English and French: from Middle English Old French bacun baconbacon’ (a word of ancient Germanic origin akin to Back 3) probably a metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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