Badie

See also: badie

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Arabic بديع (badīʕ, “marvelous, wonderful”), a surname predominantly found in Iran and Egypt.
• Borrowed from French Badié, an Occitan occupational surname for a janitor.

Proper noun

Badie (plural Badies)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Badie is the 38265^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 579 individuals. Badie is most common among Black/African American (66.32%) and White (23.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Badie”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 81.