Origin and popularity of the name BASSE

Origin

Basse : 1: German: habitational name from any of the places called Basse for example near Wunstorf and Rostock.2: Danish: nickname from Old Danish basse ‘wild boar’.3: French: from the feminine form of the descriptive nickname Bas ‘short of low stature’.4: Altered form of English Bass.

Baessler : German:: 1: habitational name for someone from Basel in Switzerland (see Besler) or from any of various places called Basse or Bassen in northern Germany.2: alternatively perhaps from a derivative of Middle Low German baseln ‘to act in a confused manner’ hence a nickname for someone who was absent-minded or forgetful.

Bassett : 1: English (of Norman origin): from Old French basset ‘of low stature’ a diminutive of basse ‘low short’ either a nickname for a short person or a status name for someone of humble origins.2: Altered form of French Bessette 1 or Besset (see Bessette 2).

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