Babbitt
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Frequency: (2065)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: 1 from the personal name Babot, a medieval pet form of Barbara, or Bobet, a pet form of Robert. 2 Alternatively, perhaps, a nickname from Middle English dialect babbit ‘baby’.
FOREBEARS: The founder of the American Babbitt family was Edward Bobet, who came to Plymouth Colony in 1643.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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