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Ball

in Illinois

There are 1,933 people with the last name "Ball" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Ball 471
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  1. is 467th most common Reeves
  2. is 468th most common Hess
  3. is 469th most common Arroyo
  4. is 470th most common Foley
  5. is 471st most common Ball
  6. is 472nd most common Cannon
  7. is 473rd most common Cummings
  8. is 474th most common Miranda
  9. is 475th most common Short

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ball

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

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.

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