Bacchus

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Bacchus is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname1.8K records spelled Bacchus31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, France, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written BaCo, Baccus, Ბაკო, Baço, Bako

• French surname1.1K records spelled Bacchus3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

  Also written Baccus

• English (St. Vincent & Grenadines) surname214 records spelled Bacchus2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in St. Vincent & Grenadines

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Bacchus is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, from the classical name Bacchus; also Märt

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In English, Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Greco-Roman god of wine; pers.

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• George Reginald Bacchusb. 1874English author
• Carl Bacchusb. 1904USAmerican football player (1904-1985)
• Jim Bacchusb. 1949USAmerican politician
• Natasha Bacchusb. 1977CACanadian sprinter
• Kamara Bacchusb. 1986GBBritish actress
• Sabina BacchusNZnutritionist
• Alan BacchusCAphilanthropist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 31 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Bacchus?

We estimate roughly 6.6 thousand people bear Bacchus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Bacchus have the most bearers?

We estimate about 3.3 thousand people bear Bacchus in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled bacchus.

Where is Bacchus most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bacchus is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 259 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Bacchus compared with other names?

In Guyana, Bacchus is the 14th most common surname of 18,119 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Bacchus mean?

Recorded meaning: Either from Backhouse, or from a medieval French nickname for a heavy drinker, from Bacchus the wine god.