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Baillie (girl)

What does Baillie mean?

Baillie Pronunciation of Baillie as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Baillie) is of Old English derivation, and the name Baillie means "berry clearing; bailiff; city fortification". Baillie is an alternate spelling of Bailey (Old English): occupational name.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ba-, -lie

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, berry (tree)

Variations

VARIANTS Bayly, Baylie, Bayley, Bayleigh, Baylee, Bayla, Bali, Baleigh, Baily, Bailly, Bailley, Bailie, Baileigh, Bailei, Bailee

CREATIVE FORMS
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(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Baillie Amberly (B.A.), ..

How popular is Baillie?

Baillie is an uncommonly occurring first name for women but a very prominent last name for all people (#16673 out of 150436, Top 11%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Baillie (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) are Bailey (#133 A YEAR AGO), Baylee (#572), Bailee (#627), Bayleigh (#1318), Baileigh, Bailie, Baily, Baleigh, Bayley and Baylie. These forms of Baillie were popular as birth names 20 years ago (USAGE OF 0.43%) and have become much less common since (USAGE 0.2%, 54%). Bailey is the all-time favorite, though Bailee has grown popular as well, while Baylie has become less popular. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Bailee, Baileigh, Bailey, Bailie, Baily in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Baleigh, Baylee, Bayleigh, Bayley, Baylie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Bailey outside U.S.

Similar Names

Baillie is alike in pronunciation to Baila, Bilee, Billa, Billee, Billey, Billi, Billie, Billy and Billye. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Aillie, Basilie, Basille, Bazille, Belle, Brilie (see Briley), Cailie, Callie, Camillie, Emillie, Gillie, Hailie, Haillie, Hallie, Hillie, Jillie, Kailie, Kallie, Kayllie, Lailie, Lallie, Lillie, Maillie, Mallie, Millie, Phillie, Sallie, Tallie, Tillie, Vallie, Wallie, Willie and Zailie. These names tend to be more commonly used than Baillie.

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