Baz
[bæz]Meaning
Chiefly British diminutive of Barry or Basil
Background Story
Baz is a chiefly British diminutive of Barry or Basil, and is also used in English as a surname, given name and nickname. The variant Bazza is recorded as well. The name is used in Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Finnish, French, Georgian, Greek, Irish, Italian, Late Greek, Latvian and Lithuanian.
Variations
Basil, Baze, Bazzy
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A feminine given name recorded in modern English
Bardy
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Barker
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Barko
Recorded as a masculine given name in Russian
Barny
Recorded as a masculine given name in English; also an English adjective, "barn-like"
Beso
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Biff
From a nickname based on the English word biff, "punch, hit, strike"