Baca
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly from ancestral grant of Spanish nobility, Cabeza de vaca (indicated with the skull of a cow on the coat of arms).
Proper noun edit
Baca (plural Bacas)
- A surname.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Baca is the 1249th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 28082 individuals. Baca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (80.46%) and White (16.08%) individuals.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Hebrew עֵמֶק הַבָּכָצ (valley of balsam).
Proper noun edit
Baca (uncountable)
- Valley in ancient Palestine, named for balsam trees, the drought-tolerant vegetation growing the in that parched region.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 84:5–6:
- Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
- 1657, Anne Bradstreet, As spring the winter doth succeed:
- O hast thou made my Pilgrimage
Thus pleasant, fair, and good;
Bless'd me in Youth and elder Age,
My Baca made a springing flood?
References edit
On significance of the name, see Alexander Kirkpatrick, The Book of Psalms (The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges) (Cambridge University Press, 1903), Comment to Psalm 84:6.