Bacon (name)

Summary

Bacon is an English surname originally from Normandy and England. In early sources, it also appears as "Bachun" and "Bacun".

Etymology edit

Its etymology is uncertain, with Charnock favoring a derivation from a diminutive of Germanic bach ("little stream, creek")[1][2] and others from an eponymous seigniory in Normandy or from a corruption of Beacon.[1] It is sometimes folk etymologized from bacon.[3]

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Citations edit

  1. ^ a b Charnock (1868).
  2. ^ Cognate with Old Norse bekkr which gave its name to Bec Abbey in Normandy.
  3. ^ "Bacon", Internet Surname Database.

Bibliography edit

  • Charnock, Richard Stephen (1868), "Bacon", Ludus Patronymicus; or, The Etymology of Curious Surnames, London: Trübner & Co., p. 4.