Bacame meaning | Last name Bacame origin

The variant of Bacon. A swineherd or peasant, from the nickname, Bacon; a bacon or lard dealer; dweller at the sign of the pig, at a time when bacon meant the live pig.

Family name Bacame is a variation of the Bacon. A seigniory in Normandy. According to the genealogy of the great Suffolk family of Bacon, one Grimbald, a relative of the Norman chieftain William de Warenne, came into England at the Conquest, and settled near Holt. His great-grandson is stated to have taken the name of Bacon. This was only a resumption of an ancient Norman surname, which is still existing in the North of France. Wiliam Bacon, in 1082, endowed the abbey of the Holy Trinity at Caen. Taylor's Roman de Rou. The name is in the Battel Roll, and in the Hundred Rolls it is written variously Bachun, Bacun, and Bacon. In some instances the surname may be a corruption of Beacon. From their connection with Bayeux, the Bacons were sometimes latinized De Bajocis.

Bacame is variant form of Beacon. Elevated spots in many districts, where beacon fires were formerly lighted to announce the approach of the enemy, are still called beacons. Residence on such a place probably originated the name.