Given name & surname · also Cebuano
Bas
“sand”
Bas is a surname from Cebuano (ultimately Slovene). It is used in English, Dutch, and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bas comes from Cebuano, and ultimately from Slovene.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Bas as a surname developed from SEBASTJAN.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 as a first name in 2020; 712 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bas’s family of names
In English usage, Bas as a surname developed from SEBASTJAN. In English usage, Bas as a surname was borrowed from the Slovenian form Baš. In English usage, Bas as a surname has a related form in DUBAS.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bas has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Slovene roots to each of them.
Slovenewhere Bas comes from · 1 name
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.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bas
- Bas DostDutch association football playerborn 1989
- Bas of Bithynia4th-century BC ruler of Bithynia396 BC–325 BC
- Bas van FraassenAmerican philosopherborn 1941
- Bas van de Goorvolleyball playerborn 1971
- Bas Jan AderDutch-American artist (1942–1975)
- Bas PaauweDutch footballer and manager (1911-1989)
- Bas EickhoutDutch politicianborn 1976
- Bas RoordaDutch footballerborn 1973
- Bas MaliepaardDutch cyclist (1938–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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