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Ball

in Rhode Island

There are 132 people with the last name "Ball" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Ball 1,006
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  1. is 1,002nd most common Osborne
  2. is 1,003rd most common Thayer
  3. is 1,004th most common Thurber
  4. is 1,005th most common Wilbur
  5. is 1,006th most common Ball
  6. is 1,007th most common Calderon
  7. is 1,008th most common Capalbo
  8. is 1,009th most common Dexter
  9. is 1,010th most common Letourneau

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ball

Susan, Richard, Robert, David, Martha, John, Lori, William, Amy, Barbara

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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