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Ball

in Alabama

There are 1,330 people with the last name "Ball" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Ball 433
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  1. is 429th most common Ramsey
  2. is 430th most common Latham
  3. is 431st most common Cummings
  4. is 432nd most common Gaines
  5. is 433rd most common Ball
  6. is 434th most common Coker
  7. is 435th most common Talley
  8. is 436th most common Norton
  9. is 437th most common Oneal

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bell, Bailey, Ballard, Ballew, Ballinger, Bello, Bull, Ballou, Ballesteros, Ballenger

Most Common First Names for Ball

Charles, David, James, Linda, Michael, Mary, Barbara, John, Robert, Carolyn

Meaning & History

English: nickname for a short, fat person, from Middle English bal(le) ‘ball’ (Old English ball, Old Norse bǫllr).

English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le), used in this sense.

English: from the Old Norse personal name Balle, derived either from ballr ‘dangerous’ or bǫllr ‘ball’.

South German: from Middle High German bal ‘ball’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a juggler, or a habitational name from a place so named in the Rhine area.

Dutch and German: short form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element bald (see Bald).

FOREBEARS William Ball (1616–80) emigrated from Suffolk, England, to VA about 1650 and was one of the founders of Millenbeck on the Rappahannock.

Recent Searches for "Ball" in Alabama

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Charles Ball, AL (9 searches)
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