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Ball

in California

There are 4,407 people with the last name "Ball" in California.

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Ball 576
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  1. is 572nd most common Miles
  2. is 573rd most common Newton
  3. is 574th most common Lemus
  4. is 575th most common Gross
  5. is 576th most common Ball
  6. is 577th most common Cross
  7. is 578th most common Correa
  8. is 579th most common Gallagher
  9. is 580th most common Webster

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ball

Robert, David, James, Michael, John, Charles, William, Mary

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 California

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Robert Ball, CA (8 searches)
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