Bas

Dutch, diminutive of Bastiaan and Sebastian

"person from the city of Sebastia"

Bas Origin and Meaning

The name Bas is a boy's name of Dutch origin meaning "person from the city of Sebastia".

Bas is a fashionable name in its own right in the Netherlands, where it's been in the Top 10. Used throughout Europe, it may have a future here as a straightforward-but-charming nickname name. Baz is another, similar and more appealing possibility.

Popularity of the name Bas

• 1767 Nameberry 2020
• 87 Netherlands 2015

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Famous People Named Bas

• Bastiaan "Bas" Zuiderent Dutch cricketer
• Bastiaan "Bas" Belder Dutch MEP
• Bas (born Abbas Hamad) American rapper
• Bas of Bithynia first independent ruler of Bithynia, Asia Minor
• Bas Bron Dutch music producer
• Bastiaan "Bas" de Gaay Fortman Dutch politician and scholar
• Bastiaan Johan Christiaan "Bas Jan" Ader Dutch conceptual artist
• Bas Leinders Belgian racing driver
• Rendel Sebastian "Bas" Pease English physicist
• Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten Dutch MMA fighter
• Sebastiaan Jacques Henri "Bas" van de Goor Dutch volleyball player
• Bastiaan Johannis "Bas" van der Vlies Dutch MP
• Bastiaan Cornelis "Bas" van Fraassen Dutch,American philosopher