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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BAK

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian: from the medieval personal name Bak. This personal name probably existed in Polish and Ukrainian too, but Rymut derives the surname from bakac ‘to scold or yell’.
2. Slovenian: unexplained. The Slovenian name comes from the southern part of the Kras region of southwestern Slovenia.
3. Dutch: variant of Bakke.
4. Korean: variant of Pak.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)