Bate as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bate

What is the meaning of the name Bate ?

The baby name Bate is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /beɪt/ (rhymes with "bait").

Bate is English in Origin.

Bate is a medieval English pet form of Bartholomew, shaped in Middle English from the familiar short form Bat + the diminutive -e. Bartholomew comes from Aramaic bar-Talmay, “son of Talmai,” with Talmai often interpreted as “furrowed” (hence, by extension, “plowman”). The name Bate appears in late medieval parish and tax rolls as both a given name and byname, and it later stabilized as a hereditary surname - source of Bates and Batey - during the 14th–16th centuries.

While very rare as a modern given name, Bate fits the contemporary preference for brisk, surname-style choices. Close English variants and diminutives include Bat, Baty, Batty, Batey, Bart, Bartle, and Bartlett; related international forms of Bartholomew include Bartolomeo (Italian), Barthélemy (French), Bartolomé (Spanish), and Bartosz (Polish). Meaning centers on “son of Talmai,” with the traditional folk gloss “furrowed.” Pronunciation is typically BAYT.