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Ball

in Massachusetts

There are 926 people with the last name "Ball" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Ball 774
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  1. is 770th most common Wilcox
  2. is 771st most common Daigle
  3. is 772nd most common Lord
  4. is 773rd most common Provost
  5. is 774th most common Ball
  6. is 775th most common Freedman
  7. is 776th most common Avery
  8. is 777th most common Coffey
  9. is 778th most common Weaver

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ball

Robert, Michael, David, Charles, John, Richard, James, Thomas, Christopher, 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.

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Robert Ball, MA (9 searches)
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