Given name & surname · also Yiddish

Bassin

“small basin”

Bassin is a surname from Yiddish, ultimately from French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bassin goes back to a word meaning “small basin.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Bassin comes from Yiddish, and ultimately from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Bassin as a surname developed from Bathsheba.

Bassin’s family of names

In English usage, Bassin as a surname developed from Bathsheba.

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