Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage Scottish, Northern Irish Meaning & History From the personal name Baldy or Baldie, a diminutive of Archibald.
Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage English Meaning & History Possibly derived from an Old English feminine given name, *Bealdgýð, composed of the elements beald "bold" and guð "battle", first recorded c.1170 as Baldith, and in other cases from the Old Norse byname or given name Baldi.