Bacon was the surname of Sir Francis Bacon, a British writer and philosopher. "Bacon" is not generally used as a first name, as it is also a term for strips of fatty pork, usually eaten for breakfast.
May also possibly be derived from the Germanic root "bag" meaning "to fight".
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