Is "Batman" a real surname? (not joking!)?

Question

No, this is a serious question...and I am *not* talking about the superhero in any way.

Is "Batman" an actual last name?

Or is it a misspelling of "Bateman".

If so, what nationality is it?

I read it on a mailbox in an apartment building.

Not joking.

Answer 1

142 births with Batman as surname in  1800's  UK on

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Batman = (in the British army)

a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/b...

Answer 2

My sister had a professor in college  - "Doctor Batman"

Answer 3

Well I'm stunned  yes it is a surname, this came from. www.ancestry.com

Batman Name Meaning and History

English: status name meaning ‘servant of Batte’ (see Batt).

It's also a career.,

Batman  Army officers' servant - still current  

http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

It is one spelling variation of Bateman. On www.familysearch.org , it shows these listings, among others:

1880 US Census:

1.  Mattie BATMAN--b. abt. 1865, KY

2.  Louisa BATMAN --b. 1845, NY

3. . Dora BATMAN--b. 1861, KY

4. Clarrie BATMAN --b. 1858 KY

5. Denise BATMAN --b. 1780 LA (was 100 years old in 1880 census, living with her son-in-law)

www.ancestry.com's listings from US.Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index:

1. Name:  Elmyra Batman

Birth:  abt 1848 - PA

Death:  Sep 1850 - Philadelphia Co., PA

2. Name:  Alfred Batman

Birth:  abt 1831 - Indiana, Indiana

Death:  Feb 1880 - Kentucky

3. Name:  Hellen Batman

Birth:  abt 1846 - North Carolina, North Carolina, United States

Death:  Jun 1870 - Township 2, Chowan, North Carolina

From family tree listings:

4. Name:  George Walter Lee Batman  

Birth:  10 Jul 1921 - Beaver, Beaver, Okla (Oklahoma), USA

Death:  21 Dec. 1990 - Woodward, Woodward, Okla (Oklahoma), USA

Parents:  David Batman  

Spouse:  Clara Marie Huling

(from tree of Melvin Lee Batman)

5. Name:  Samuel Batman  

Birth:  1803 - Jefferson, Kentucky

Death:  Bef 1880 - Indiana

Spouse:  Hester Ann O'Neal

(tree of Shaffstall and Manuel)

6. Name:  Cynthia Batman  

Birth:  20 Feb 1809 - IN (Indiana)

Death:  16 Jan 1878 - Crawford, IN (Indiana)

Parents:  Henry Batman, Mary Reed  

Spouse:  Michael Dillman

(from Cooley Family Tree)

www.rootsweb.com shows this:

"View 83,528 additional hits for BATMAN at Ancestry.com"

Matches found in 20 of 46 databases--

   Featured Databases Matches

WorldConnect 5,780

Social Security Death Index 376

Rootsweb Surname List 13

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California Death Index 35

Texas Death Index 9

Kentucky Death Index 35

Kentucky Marriage Index Husband 3

Kentucky Marriage Index Wife 12

World War One Draft Index 2

Early Death Records 4

Pre-1920 Marriages 5

Pre-1920 Births 2

    Other Searches Matches

Web Site Search 1,541

Australia and New Zealand Records 42

Book Indexes 25

Cemetery Listings 1

Census Records 7

British, UK and Ireland Data 5

Military Records 5

Obituary Daily Times 118



John BATMAN --b. abt. 1759 in either VA or KY. (early listing)

Elizabeth Batman --Birth: ABT 1796,  Kentucky

JOSEPH BATMAN --Birth: 1748 in PA

(The 3 above were just 3 of the over 5700 listings on rootsweb that mentioned a birth date and/or father's name to go back a couple generations)

Answer 5

Yes and also a job in the army. My Great Grandad was a batman (like a servant) to a superior officer in WWI.

Answer 6

What you never heard of Sparky N. Batman?

. the "N" is for Ninja ! ! !

Answer 7

I've found 33 people (over 18) called  'Batman' on the UK Electoral Roll (approx 3 years old)

Answer 8

Rootsweb has 5765 entries for this last name.

They also have a message board for that surname.

BATMAN/BATTMAN/BATEMAN  appear to be the common forms. I would look to England

Answer 9

Originally surnames were used to differentiate say one "James" from another...so they started labeling people (giving them what we now call surnames) according to where they lived or what they did for a living...in England, for instance, many people have names like Archer, Bugler, Taylor, Baker, etc.....so.......Batman could well be a surname.

Answer 10

Yahoo! People Search lists 328 Batmans living in the U. S. Reaney and Wilson's A Dictionary of English Surnames gives the name as a variant of Bateman (not the same as a misspelling), along with Baitman and Battman, and defines it as "servant of Bartholomew."  So no relation to Bruce Wayne!

Answer 11

Batman is a real surname.  My husbands great grandfather, John Moody had a sister name Mae Wallace Moody whose married name was Batman. She married John Batman.   It isn't pronounced like BAT-MAN , (like the superhero)  it is pronounced Bat-min (with the emphasis on the first syllable like in the surname Hoffman) .  The Batman branch in my husbands family moved from Fort Smith, Arkansas area to Oklahoma.

Here is  a link to the Batman Genforum page.  This is a page of people researching the surname Batman.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/batman/

Also, there are  several Batman's in the Social Security Death index.  Simply type in Batman in the "Last Name" box and hit  submit.  You will see  see the 376 people in the index with the last name Batman.

http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/

I hope this helps.  Good luck

Answer 12

Probably real..in the Old England that was a genuine occupation.The nobles employed a man to act as their aide.The term could also relate to their national game of ''Cricket''.

Answer 13

It would be for real. I knew a guy with a last name of Superman once.