Badman
See also: badman
English
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Etymology
[edit]English occupational surname for the servant of someone called Badd or Batt, but possibly, in some cases, a nickname for a reprobate, from bad + man.
Proper noun
[edit]Badman (plural Badmans)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Badman is the 40554th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 539 individuals. Badman is most common among White (93.32%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Badman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 81.