Bath Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Bath Name Meaning: Habitational from the city of Bath in England.May have also been an occupational name for an attendant at a public bath house.

The city of Bath holds the site of the magnificent,but in the middle ages 'ruined' Roman Baths. The first recorded spelling is that of John de Bathe,dated 1213.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Bath Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bath family

Profession Census Frequency
School 271
Private Means 22
General Labourer 19
Farmer 18
General Servant (domestic) 16
Domestic Servant 15
Farm Labourer 15
Coal Miner Hewer 15
Labourer 14
Dressmaker 12
None 11
Scholar 10
At School 10
Bricklayer 9
Shop Assistant 9
General Servant Domestic 9
At Home 9
Assisting In The Business 8
House Painter 8
Housekeeper 8
Laundress 8
Clerk 7
Carpenter 6
Cook (domestic) 6
General Servant 6

Bath Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Booth 60% 211,259
2 Bath 100% 20,424
3 Bathe 80% 3,366
4 Batho 80% 1,713
5 Beath 80% 1,439
6 Boothe 50% 1,093
7 Both 75% 682
8 Beth 75% 670
9 Bathie 67% 545
10 Buth 75% 528
11 Beathe 67% 499
12 Boath 80% 290
13 Beith 60% 191
14 Bouth 60% 162
15 Batha 80% 155
16 Beeth 60% 142

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The surname Bath is the 2nd most popular variant of Booth.

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