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♀ Baily (girl)
What does Baily mean?
Baily as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Baily) is of Old English origin, and the meaning of the name Baily is "berry clearing; bailiff; city fortification". Baily is a variant form of Bailey (Old English): occupational name.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, berry (tree)
Variations
VARIANTS Bayly, Baylie▼, Bayley, Bayleigh, Baylee, Bayla, Bali, Baleigh, Bailly, Baillie, Bailley, Bailie, Baileigh, Bailei, Bailee▲
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Bely, ..
(male) Baico, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Baily Violet (B.V.), ..
How popular is Baily?
Baily is an uncommonly occurring given name for women but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#11371 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Baily entered the list in 1997 and reached its highest position of #1670 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Bailey (#133 FROM RECENT DATA), Baylee (#572), Bailee (#627), Bayleigh (#1318), Baileigh, Bailie, Baleigh, Bayley and Baylie are the popular alternative forms of Baily appearing in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Baillie, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Baily was widespread among parents in the year 1998 (MEDIAN #1168) and is now significantly lower (#1465, 54% LESS USAGE). Bailey has been the most prominent, though Bailee has grown trendy as well over time, while Baylie has lost favor.
Similar Names
Baily is alike in pronunciation to Baila, Bella▲, Beula, Beyla, Bilee, Billa, Billey, Billi, Billy▼, Billye and Byla. Other recommended sound-alike names are Bamby, Barby, Barry, Basile, Bauby, Bay, Bazile, Bradly, Bridy, Briley, Brily, Briny, Bryly (see Briley), Cally, Carly▼, Daly, Eily, Emily, Hadly, Haely, Haily▼, Hally, Harly, Kally, Kaly, Karly▼, Laily, Lally, Lily▲, Mally, Pauly, Sally▼, Tally, Vally and Wally. These names tend to be more frequently used than Baily.
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