Bagehot is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.
The family name is the variant of the Badger. One who buys grain and other commodities and carries them elsewhere in a bag to sell; one who came from Badger or Bacga's shore, Shropshire.
Lastname is variant form of Badger. Pedlar, corn-factor; also the animal called like-wise a "baud," a "brook," and a "gray".
Bagehot is variant form of Badger. A huxter or hawker "If any person shall act as a badger without license, he is to forfeit five pounds." Jacob's Law Dict. The etymon seems to be the French bagagier, or baggage-carrier. Badger is as much to say as Bagger, of the French word baggage, i.e., sarcina; and it is used with us for one that is licensed to buy corn or other victuals in one place, and carry them to another." Termes de la Ley. A parish in Shropshire.
Bagehot is a form of Bodger. Probably the same as Badger.
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Bagehot is a very rare surname, few people in England have the family name and might be arised from England. So far only 7 people have been found who wears Bagehot as their surname. Bagehot have bearers in just 1 or 2 countries. More detailed information can be found below:
England6Bagehot Namesakes
- Walter Bagehot, British journalist, businessman, and essayist,
Bagehot Namesakes
- Walter Bagehot, British journalist, businessman, and essayist,