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Bahşış Crimean TatarDerived from Persian بخشش
(baxšeš) meaning "forgiveness, amnesty" or بخشیش
(bakhšīš) meaning "present, gratuity, reward".
Baig MuslimBaig Name Meaning Muslim (common in Pakistan): from the Turkish word beg ‘bey’, originally a title denoting a local administrator in the Ottoman Empire, but subsequently widely used as a title of respect... [
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Baig Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish, ArabicDerived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (
beg) (modern Turkish
bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master". It is especially common in Pakistan and the Maghreb.
Baigorri BasqueFrom the name of a commune in Bayonne, France, derived from Basque
ibai "river" and
gorri "red" or "bare, naked".
Baili ChineseMeans "hundred miles", from Chinese 百 (
bǎi) meaning "hundred" and 里 (
lǐ) meaning "inside, hometown, miles".
Bails EnglishIndicated that the bearer lived outside the walls of a feudal castle, from the Old French
baile, refering to the structure
Bain English, ScottishNickname for a hospitable person, derived from northern Middle English
bayn meaning "welcoming, friendly" or "straight, direct".
Bain FrenchHabitational name probably derived from Old French
bain "bath". In some cases, the toponym might instead be derived from the Ancient Roman given name
Baenus or
Balnus.
Bain Scottish, IrishDerived from Scottish Gaelic
bàn "white, pale, fair", a nickname for a person with fair hair.
Bainbridge Englishfrom Bainbridge in North Yorkshire, named for the Bain river on which it stands (which is named with Old Norse beinn ‘straight’) + bridge.
Bainebridge English, IrishBridge over the Bain, An English town named for its place on the river Bain, now used as a surname. Lives near the bridge over the white water... [
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Baio ItalianFrom a nickname for someone with light brown or reddish-brown hair or beard, from
baio meaning "bay horse", ultimately derived from Late Latin
badius meaning "red-brown".
Bairnsfather EnglishFrom a medieval nickname in Scotland and northern England for the (alleged) father of an illegitimate child (from northern Middle English
bairnes "child's" +
father). This surname was borne by British cartoonist and author Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959).
Baishō JapaneseBai (倍) means "double", while shō (賞) means "Prize" or "Award". When you combine the two, it would likely mean "Double the Award".
Bajaj Indian, Punjabi, HindiOccupational name for a clothier from Punjabi ਬਜਾਜ
(bajaj) meaning "cloth merchant", ultimately derived from Arabic بزاز
(bazzaz).
Bajnai HungarianOriginally denoted a person from Bajna, a village in the region of Central Transdanubia in Hungary. A notable bearer is the former Hungarian prime minister Gordon Bajnai (1968-).
Bajramović BosnianDerived from Bosnian
bajram meaning "Eid" (a Muslim festival), borrowed from Turkish
bayram.
Bajwa PunjabiDerived from Persian باز والا
(bâz vâlâ) meaning "great hawk, great falcon".
Bakalinsky RussianFrom Russian
Бакали (bakaly) which is derived from Turkish
bakkal (Slavicized form
bakal) "grocer". Possibly given to someone who dwells in Bakaly or Bakalinsky.
Bakedano BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Ameskoabarrena.
Bakeš CzechFrom a derivative of the personal name Bak.
Bakhsh UrduDerived from Persian بخش
(bakhsh) meaning "fortune, lot, share, portion".
Bakhtiari PersianFrom the given name
Bakhtiar, also used to refer to a member of the Bakhtiari tribe from southwestern Iran.
Bakisto EsperantoOccupational surname for a baker. Comes from
baki, meaning "to bake" and
-isto, a suffix used for professions.
Bakkedahl NorwegianFrom Norwegian
bakke "slope, hillside" and
dal "valley". Dan Bakkedahl (1969-) is an American actor and improvisational comedian.
Bakkum DutchHabitational name from a village in North Holland province, Netherlands, derived from Old Germanic
*baka "back, curve, elevated place" and Old Dutch
hēm "home, house; settlement, hamlet".
Bąkowski m PolishHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Bąkowa, Bąkowice, Bąkowiec or Bąkowo, all derived from Polish
bąk meaning "horsefly", "bumblebee" or "bittern" (a type of bird).
Bakr ArabicFrom the given name
Bakr. A famous bearer was Abu Bakr (573-634), the first Islamic caliphate.
Bakshi Indian, Bengali, PunjabiDerived from Persian بخشی
(baxši) meaning "paymaster, scribe, secretary", used as a title for officials who distributed wages in Muslim armies.
Bakun PolishPossibly from
bak "screaming" or
bakać "to scold", from
bakun "low-quality tobacco", or from the Hebrew personal name
Bakum, possibly related to
Habakkuk.
Bakunin Russianderived from Russian words "бакуня" (bakunya) and "бакуля" (bakulya) meaning chatterbox, talkative person or agile, business-like person.... [
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Bal PunjabiBased on the name of a branch of the Jat clan, meaning "strength, power, force" in Punjabi, derived from Sanskrit बल
(bala).
Bal TurkishMeans "honey" in Turkish, originally denoting a person who worked as a beekeeper.
Bal DutchDiminutive form of the given name
Baldwin, or perhaps another name beginning with
bald "bold, brave".
Bal DutchMeans "ball, sphere" in Dutch, a nickname for a ball player or someone who made balls, or a habitational name for someone who lived by a landmark shaped like a ball. Cognate to English
Ball.
Bala Indian1 Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi name, probably from Persian bālā ‘high’, ‘exalted’.... [
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Balage SinhaleseMeans "military, forces, cavalry", derived from Sanskrit बल
(bala) meaning "strength, might" combined with the Sinhala suffix ගේ
(ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Balandin RussianFrom a nickname derived from Russian баланда
(balanda) meaning "idle talk, nonsense".
Balasubramanian TamilA Hindu name from Sanskrit bālasubrahmạnya ‘child Subrahmanya’ (from bāla ‘child’ + subrahmạnya ‘dear to Brahmans’, an epithet of the god Kartikeya, son of the god Shiva) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n... [
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Balboa GalicianHabitational name from the city of Balboa, named with Latin vallis bona 'pleasant valley'.
Balch WelshFrom the Welsh adjective balch, which has a range of meanings—"fine", "splendid", "proud", "arrogant", "glad"—but the predominant meaning is "proud" and from this the family name probably derives.
Balcı TurkishMeans "beekeeper" in Turkish, ultimately from
bal meaning "honey".
Balcom EnglishAltered spelling of English
Balcombe, a habitational name from Balcombe in West Sussex, which is named with Old English
bealu "evil, calamity" (or the Old English personal name
Bealda) combined with
cumb "valley".
Baldacchino MalteseDerived from Italian
baldacchino meaning "baldachin (or baldaquin)", referring to a type of canopy placed over a throne. It was originally used as an occupational name for a maker of baldachins.
Baldinger GermanGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from a place called Baldingen, either in Württemberg, Germany, or Aargau, Switzerland.
Baldis FrisianFrisian, Dutch, and North German: from a reduced and altered form of the personal name Balthasar (see
Baltazar).
Baldock English (Rare)Means "person from Baldock", Hertfordshire ("Baghdad": in the Middle Ages the lords of the manor were the Knights Templar, whose headquarters were in Jerusalem, and they named the town
Baldac, the Old French name for Baghdad).
Baldoni ItalianFrom the Germanic word "baltha", which means "gallant" or "bold."
Baldovino SpanishHispanic (mainly Philippines and Colombia) and Italian: from the personal name Baldovino from ancient Germanic Baldowin (see Baldwin ).
Baldy EnglishPossibly 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.
Bale EnglishVariant of
Bail. This is the surname of Welsh footballer Gareth Bale.
Bale EnglishName for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle.
Balen EnglishEnglish surname, perhaps of Cornish British origin, from belen, meaning "mill."
Balenciaga Spanish, BasqueDenoted a person who came from Valencia, derived from Basque
Balencia and the locative suffix
-aga. A famous bearer of the name was Spanish fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (1895-1972), the founder of the clothing brand Balenciaga.
Balfager Gothic, Medieval PortugueseName of a Visigoth noble family (around the 10th century) from the Iberian Peninsula (current northern Portugal), meaning "bold spear"; they descent from the Balti dynasty.
Balfe IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic Balbh meaning 'stammering dumb' itself probably a translation of a Norman surname of similar meaning ultimately derived from Latin balbus 'stammering'.
Balian ArmenianPatronymic of uncertain origin, perhaps from Turkish bal ‘lord’, ‘master’, a word of Arabic origin.
Balija Indian, TeluguIt is a Telugu name, denoting either "traders/merchants" or "agriculturists".
Balingbing Filipino, TagalogDerived from the
devil chase, a percussion instrument originating in Southern Asia commonly found in India and the Philippines, via its other name
balingbing.
Balkenende DutchPossibly from a place name derived from Middle Dutch
balke meaning "timber, beam" and
einde meaning "end". A famous bearer is the former Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende (1956-).
Balkwill EnglishPossibly derived from the name of a lost settlement in Devon, composed of Old English
balca "balk, beam; ridge, bank" and
wella "spring, stream". Alternatively, can be a variant form of
Bakewell.
Ballaster EnglishMeant "person who makes or is armed with a crossbow" (from a derivative of Middle English
baleste "crossbow", from Old French).
Ballestero SpanishMeans "crossbowman" or "crossbow builder" in Spanish, derived from Spanish
ballesta "crossbow".
Balloch ScottishFrom the name of a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic
bealach meaning "a pass, gap, road".
Ballon SpanishTheoretically it could be a variant of vallón, from valle ‘valley’, but neither form is attested as a vocabulary word or as a place name element. Alternatively, it could be a Castilian spelling of Catalan Batlló, Balló, nicknames from diminutives of batlle ‘dancing’.English: variant spelling of Balon.
Ballou Haitian Creole, French (Caribbean), FrenchThe Ballou name comes from that Medieval landscape of northwestern France known as Brittany. The name Ballou was originally derived from the family having lived in Brittany, where this distinguished family was established from ancient times... [
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Ballut FrenchDerived from Old Occitan
baluter, cognate of French
bluter (via Middle French
beluter), meaning "to sift, to sieve, especially the flour from the bran", this name used to denote a miller.
Balma ItalianPerhaps a topographic name from the dialect word
balma meaning ‘grotto’, ‘cave’, ‘jutting rock’.
Balmaceda Spanish, BasqueFrom
Balmaseda, the name of a town and municipality in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is derived from Spanish
val meaning "valley" and Basque
mahatseta meaning "vineyard"... [
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Balmaseda BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Baloch BalochiFrom the name of the Baloch people who primarily reside in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, itself of uncertain meaning.
Baloh SloveneA typical Slovene surname originating from the plant Nardus stricta (slv. domestic name volk, baloh). It is a type of grass that grows on highly acidic and poor soils. Slovene noun pusta means 'poor soil'... [
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Baloković CroatianMost of Croatian families with the surname (last name) Baloković originate from the town of Donji Miholjac located in Osijek-Baranja County on the border with Hungary. During the 1700s and 1800s most of the people bearing this family name were born either in Donji Miholjac and/or nearby Nasice... [
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Balsam GermanOccupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes.
Balsano German (Austrian), ItalianThe roots of the distinguished surname Balzano lie in Austria. The name derives itself from "Balthasar," the name of one of the three Magi who followed the star to Bethlehem, and was popular as both a first name and a family name during the 18th century.... [
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Balston EnglishFrom the name of a place meaning "Beald's valley" from Old English
denu meaning valley.
Baltacı TurkishOccupational name for a maker or seller of axes, derived from Turkish
balta meaning "axe, hatchet".
Baltakis LithuanianMeans “white-eyed” in Lithuanian, from
balta meaning “white” and
akis meaning “eye”.
Baltimore English (American)From the name of the American city of
Baltimore, and an anglicisation of Irish Gaelic
Baile an Tí Mhóir meaning "town of the big house".