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Ball

in Michigan

There are 2,941 people with the last name "Ball" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Ball 224
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  1. is 220th most common Oliver
  2. is 221st most common Bowman
  3. is 222nd most common Lucas
  4. is 223rd most common Duncan
  5. is 224th most common Ball
  6. is 225th most common Cross
  7. is 226th most common Franklin
  8. is 227th most common Leonard
  9. is 228th most common Love

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, Richard, Thomas, Larry, 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.

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Robert Ball, MI (9 searches)
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