The Batts surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,473 people carried this name — #4,179 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 7,814 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Batts surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Variant of Bates, from the given name Bartholomew.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Batts» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Bartholomew’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Gilbert Batte, Rutland, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Batt and Batts.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 84 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Batts was found among the farmers of Oxfordshire: 15 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Oxfordshire 15

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

28 families named Batts, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 166 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 9
North Carolina 8
Maryland 5
Pennsylvania 4
Massachusetts 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 228 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Batts in American newspapers,
1910–1914.

Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Batts
The Ocala Evening Star 1914-09-11
Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Batts
The Ocala Evening Star 1914-07-18
Newspaper page from The Farmer And Mechanic carrying the name Batts
The Farmer And Mechanic 1910-07-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 140,894 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Batts in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

2,086 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Batts. The most, 447, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 944
New South Wales 556
Victoria 264
South Australia 146
Tasmania 116
Western Australia 49
Northern Territory 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Batts.

Who carried it

People named Batts,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elizabeth Cook
    Elizabeth Cook 1741–1835
  • Robert Lynn Batts
    Robert Lynn Batts 1864–1935 · judge
  • Matt Batts
    Matt Batts 1921–2013 · baseball player
  • Deborah Batts
    Deborah Batts 1947–2020 · judge
  • William M. Batts d. 1862 · soldier
  • Nathaniel Batts 1620–1679 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Batts,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States473 records

473 records of the Batts name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 272
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 129
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 31
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Porter Wilson Batts

    Born 1933; from Davidson County, Tennessee. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clyde W. Batts

    Born 1922 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland; tailor. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Batts

    Arrived at New York in 1834 aboard the Canada from London, aged 27; matron. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 473 records for Batts in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia73 records

73 records of the Batts name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 26
  • Tasmanian Names Index 22
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 14
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Batts

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the General Hewitt, arriving 1814; ticket of leave 1814. Native of Glouc.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Batts

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Monica, aged 18; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles A. Batts

    Textile worker of Preston, Victoria; died 1958.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 73 records for Batts in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Batts name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Florence Batts

    Died 1948 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Arthur Batts

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sarah Batts

    Married 1898 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Batts name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. W. J. Batts

    East Yorkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Batts

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. J. Batts

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Batts name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Anna Maria Batts

    Baptised in 1752 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Batts in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Batts name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Arthur William Batts

    Born 1917 in the United Kingdom; died 1991 in Limoges (Haute-Vienne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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