Bacon

• As an English and French surname, from the noun bacon.
• Also as an English, French, and Norman surname, from the Germanic personal name *Bahho, from Proto-Germanic *bēganą (“to fight”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪ.kən/

Bacon

1. A surname.
   • 2025 May 8, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, “House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The bill, which lawmakers approved in a 211-206 vote, now moves to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. One Republican, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, voted with Democrats Thursday against the measure.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Orange County, Indiana.
   2. An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri.
   3. A township in Vernon County, Missouri.
   4. An unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio.
3. A village in Lagunes District, Ivory Coast.

• Bacon County
• Baconian
• Bacon number

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bacon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 80.

• coban, Bonac, banco

Bacon

1. a district of Sorsogon City, Philippines.