All over the world, Bates (Bates 
, Батес 
, ベイツ 
, and others...) is quite a rare unisex given name. The given name Bates is habitual in Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare female name, Ireland, where it is a rare masculine name, and the United States, where it is a very rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Kazakhstan, the United States, and India. Predominantly, Bates is the last name as well as the forename.
Bates is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bates , the musical character in the musical Top Hat (musical) by Irving Berlin.
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morgan bates American politician, US (b. 1806) |
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philander bates politician in Massachusetts, US (b. 1842), US (b. 1842) |
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morris bates English footballer (1864-1905), GB (b. 1864) |
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| emery l. bates politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1823) |
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willis bates American football and basketball coach, US (b. 1880) |
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sanford bates American politician, US (b. 1884) |
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ray bates American baseball player, US (b. 1890) |
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miner searle bates scholar from Newark, US (b. 1897) |
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| cadwallader bates English antiquarian, GB (b. 1853) |
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| sir edward bertram bates, 3rd bt. (1877-1903) (b. 1877) |
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| stanes geoffrey bates (1884-1915) (b. 1884) |
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| cuthbert w. bates American Methodist Protestant clergyman (b. 1884) |
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| bion lamott bates American politician, US (b. 1884) |
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| marston bates American entomologist (1906-1974), US (b. 1906) |
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| sir john dawson bates, 2nd bt. (1921-1998) (b. 1921) |
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