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Backus “bakery”
Backus is a surname from Middle English (ultimately Old English).
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Sex usage isn’t recorded for this spelling yet.
People named Backus in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
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Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
Where it comes from Backus is a variant of Bacchus. An origin associated with Bacchus is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed From Middle English bakhous (“bakery”), from Old English bæchūs.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
The story Backus is a variant of Bacchus. The history of Bacchus gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Bacchus is associated with the god of wine.
Explained through its name family
Backus Bacus Bacchus Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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Nicknames & forms 1 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1 The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.