LABADIE Although is a basque surname, that means "The Abbey", the word has a lathin origin, in spanish Abbey is ABADIA, and in French ABBAYE, but in basque priest is ABADEA, so this word was incorporated to the basque language long time ago. The variations of this surname are: ABADIE in Zuberoa, ABADIA: in Nabarra and the North part of the Province of Huesca (this part was basque in the past), LABADIA in Navarra and Huesca, and LABADIE in BeheNavarre (French Basque Country), but also in Navarre and Huesca, there are also families with this surname in Gascogne.

This surname is more usual in the French Basque Country than in the Southern, so I suposse that your family comes from the Province of Behenafarroa or Basse Navarre.

In any case is not very normal to find Abbeys in our country, and I have told you that Abadea or also Abadie is priest, so the meaning can be also "The house of the priest".

Some authors think that the form Labadie is a gasconized form, because of the initial L, that is the article, and in basque the article is the final A or E of the words, Ex: Etxe is house, Etxea is The house. so the L shows that the surname was probably in the origin L'Abadie.

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mkgascon at sundancewireless dot com 23-Dec-2004 19:54 #1012 As an american Gascon with no history of my ancestry any information on the gascon language and culture would be appreciated. My family is very old in the americas and as such has lost contact with our european roots it is obvious to me that our original surname was tossed to the curb and simply substituted with the term Gascon. Until recently I did not know it could be either spanish or french regional or that similiar to the basque an entire subculture of existing countries. This is not something that is widely talked about except in quebec. Micheal Gascon
loison dot gerard at wanadoo dot fr 28-Sep-2004 3:35 #750 L'abadia means the abbey in Standard Gascon. Labadie is a very common surname in Gascon-speaking regions, in particular in Bearn.
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