Etymology

Baffin

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Today it means: An English surname. Full definition →

Welsh bach
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The story

  1. Welsh · derived frombach“little”
  2. English todayBaffin

Originated as a nickname for a small or short man, derived from Welsh bach (“little”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.