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Boy · Uncertain (Frankish)
Bavo
Say it: BAH-voh
Meaning
From Saint Bavo of Ghent, whose name's origin is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in Ghent and Haarlem through the saint's cathedrals.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Saint Bavo, patron of Ghent and Haarlem
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
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