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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".
Balajcza Polish, HungarianMay be related to the Hungarian place name
Balaj or it may be a derivation of a personal name. The
-cza suffix can suggest "of" or "from", indicating origin or descent.
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".
Bamborough EnglishBamborough name origin from early Northumberland early times other name know from the Bamborough is bamburgh as in bamburgh castle, ... [
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Ban CroatianDerived from a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
Banchieri ItalianFrom
banchiere "banker" or the related Genoese
bancherus "shopkeeper, street vendor".
Bandaranayake SinhaleseFrom the Sinhala title බණ්ඩාර
(baṇḍāra) meaning "chief's son, prince" combined with Sanskrit नायक
(nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Bandasack LaoFrom Lao ບັນດາ
(banda) meaning "all, entire, whole" and ສັກ
(sack) meaning "power, authority".
Bandi ItalianDerived from Late Latin
Bandus itself from the Germanic
band and the Latin
banda, all meaning "sign, emblem, banner". It can also derive from the Italian word
bando meaning "announcement" from the Germanic
bann.
Bando JapaneseIt means "east of the slope", referring to eastern provinces of Osaka. The surname originates from there, and that is where it is most common.
Banegas SpanishSpanish: variant of Benegas a patronymic composed of Arabic or Jewish ben 'son' + the medieval personal name Egas .
Bang DanishOriginally a nickname denoting a loud or brash person, from Old Danish
bang "noise" (from Old Norse
banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin). A literary bearer was Danish author Herman Bang (1857-1912).... [
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Bang KoreanBang is derived from the Korean word ‘sarangbang’ referring to a ‘room’.
Bangla BengaliFrom বাংলা
(Bangla), the endonym of the Bengali people, the region of Bengal (including Bangladesh), and the Bengali language. The word itself is derived either from
Vanga, the name of an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, or from an Austric word meaning "sun god".
Banik IndianHindi word for "farmer, merchant" & Bengali word for "the merchant"
Banjar ArabicFrom the name of the Banjar people, itself derived from Javanese
mbanjarke meaning "separate, rearrange, organize". This surname is borne by people of Indonesian ancestry in Saudi Arabia.
Bankhead Scottish, Northern IrishTopographic name for someone who lived at the top or end of a bank or hill, derived from Middle English
bank meaning "bank" and
hed meaning "head". There are several minor places in Scotland so called, but the most likely source of the surname is one on the border between the parishes of Kilmarnock and Dreghorn in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Bankoku Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 万国 meaning "all nations; the whole world; universal". The fact that it is homophonous as Japanese バンコク (
Bankoku) meaning "Bangkok", the city in Thailand, is coincidental.
Bankov RussianFeminine
Bankova (Russian: Банкова) is a Russian surname derived from
банковское meaning Bank, Banking.
Bankova f RussianBankova (Банкова) and its male counterpart Bankov (Банкова) is a Russian surname that came from the Russian word Банковское which means directly translates to Banking. It is a common surname in Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia.
Bankston EnglishDerived from the old English world "Banke" usually given to a family who lived near a hill or a slope.
Banksy English, Popular CultureThis is pseudonyms Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. Banksy's real name might be Robin Gunningham. How Banksy got his pseudonym is unknown... [
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Bannai JapaneseFrom Japanese 坂
(ban) meaning "slope" and 内
(nai) meaning "inside".
Banović Serbian, Croatian"Son of a Ban", the
-ić "son of" suffix with
ban, the title of class of Croatian nobility beginning in the 7th century approximately equivalent to viceroy, lord or duke, stemming potentially from the Turkic
bajan ("rich, wealthy").
Bantadtan ThaiFrom Thai บรรทัด (
banthat) meaning "ruler; straight line" and ฐาน (
than) meaning "base; location".
Bantan ArabicFrom the name of the Indonesian province of
Banten, originally indicating a person originally from that region.
Banuelos SpanishSpanish (Bañuelos): habitational name from any of various places, primarily Bañuelos de Bureba in Burgos, named for their public baths, from a diminutive of baños ‘baths’ (see Banos)
Banwell EnglishMeans "person from Banwell", Somerset ("killer spring (perhaps alluding to a contaminated water source)").
Banzon FilipinoFrom Hokkien 萬
(bān) meaning "ten thousand, innumerable" and 孫
(sun) meaning "grandchild".
Bao ChineseFrom Chinese 鲍
(bào) referring to an area called Bao that existed in the Qi state during the Zhou dynasty.
Bao ChineseFrom Chinese 包
(bāo) referring to Shen Baoxu, an official from the Chu state that existed during the Zhou dynasty.