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Ball

in Mississippi

There are 1,050 people with the last name "Ball" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Ball 319
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  1. is 315th most common Farmer
  2. is 316th most common Collier
  3. is 317th most common Weeks
  4. is 318th most common Cannon
  5. is 319th most common Ball
  6. is 320th most common Poole
  7. is 321st most common Winters
  8. is 322nd most common Lane
  9. is 323rd most common Hardin

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ball

James, David, Charles, Mary, John, Michael, Richard, Linda, Willie, Edward

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, MS (8 searches)
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