Bazin Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The surname Bazin is derived from the French given name Basil. Basil is derived from the ancient Greek given name Basileios, meaning royal. In some cases the name may also be of occupational derivation, stemming from the word bombasin, which was a kind of cotton cloth. In such a case the name would have referred to a maker or seller of such cloth.

Bazin Early Origins

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The surname Bazin was first found in Poitou, where the family first originated and maintained their status as one of the more distinguished families of the region.

Bazin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bazinet, Bazenet, Bazenerie, Bazin, Basin, Bazaine, Bazine and many more.

Bazin Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bazin research. Another 453 words (32 lines of text) covering the years 1215, 1256, 1356, 1431, 1480, 1538, 1611, 1715, and 1768 are included under the topic Early Bazin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bazin Early Notables (pre 1700)

Notable amongst the family at this time was the family branch of Bazin de Jessey; Jacques Bazin de Jessey, the Lord of Bintinaye and lawyer for the parliament of Brittany in the...

Another 32 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bazin Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bazin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Barbara Bazin, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1751

Bazin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Bazin, who opted for Mobile County, Alabama in 1840
John Bazin who settled in Mobile County in Alabama in 1840
John Bazin, who arrived in Mobile County, Ala in 1840 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Xavin Bazin, who settled in Philadelphia in 1850

Bazin Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Pierre Bazin, who settled in Quebec from Lisieux in 1670

Contemporary Notables of the name Bazin (post 1700)

Hervé Bazin (1911-1996), French writer
François Bazin (1816-1878), French composer
René Bazin (1853-1932), French novelist
Marc Louis Bazin, Haitian politician
Germain René Michel Bazin, officer in the Legion of Honour, honorary curator-in-chief for the Louvre museum in Paris, and research professor for York University, Toronto

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Citations

^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)

Other References

Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
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The Bazin Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bazin Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 7 January 2015 at 05:43.