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Bate


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Origin Of The Surname Bate

Meaning Of The Surname Bate

Boat Maker

Interesting Facts About Bate

As with many shorter surnames Bate could come from several different origins. It could be an occupational surname from the Old English ‘bat’ meaning boat, and could have been given to a builder of boats or a person who used a boat for their job of fishing. However it could also be a patronymic surnames, from Bate, a short form of the name Bartholomew. Patronymic surnames were given to pass down the first name of a man to his kin.

Bate Statistics

Bate is the number 950 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 10,701 share the surname Bate in the UK.

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