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Ball

in Iowa

There are 726 people with the last name "Ball" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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  1. is 308th most common Stanley
  2. is 309th most common Mcdowell
  3. is 310th most common Osborn
  4. is 311th most common Harper
  5. is 312th most common Ball
  6. is 313th most common Winter
  7. is 314th most common Harrington
  8. is 315th most common Howe
  9. is 316th most common Halverson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ball

James, Michael, David, Steven, Charles, Robert, William, Mary, Richard, Betty

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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James Ball, IA (9 searches)
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