Badia

Family name origins & meanings

• Spanish, Catalan, and Italian : habitational name from any of numerous places called Badia or Abbadia, or a topographic name for someone living near an abbey, Spanish abadía, Catalan abadia, and Italian badia (from Latin abbatia). In some cases the surname may have arisen as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in an abbey or who looked after one.