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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname BACON.
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From A Dictionary
of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley, A. Bardsley,
1901, and,
An
Etymological Dictionary
of Family and Christian Names,
by William Arthur, M. A., 1857.
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BACON.
Bardsley has: A nickname meaning "the Bacon," a swineherd's
sobriquet (?). A very common nickname in the Hundred Rolls; cf. Pigg,
Wildbore, Hogg, affording proof that
Bacon may have been used of a live pig
originally.
Arthur has: BACON.
Bacon, from the Anglo-Saxon bacan, to bake, to dry by heat. Some
derive this surname from the Saxon baccen or buccen, a
beech-tree. Upon the monument of Thomas Bacon, in Brome Church in Suffolk
(Eng.), there is a beech-tree engraven in brass, with a man resting under
it. It appears, also, that the first Lord-keeper, Sir Nicholas Bacon, with
his two wives, are represented in a similar manner.
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Reference
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Family
Names Index |
| A,
B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
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