Ball

in Tennessee

There are 2,604 people with the last name "Ball" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Ball 245
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  1. is 241st most common Patton
  2. is 242nd most common Underwood
  3. is 243rd most common Osborne
  4. is 244th most common Yates
  5. is 245th most common Ball
  6. is 246th most common Hardin
  7. is 247th most common Adkins
  8. is 248th most common Barrett
  9. is 249th most common Sexton

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Ball

James, William, Charles, David, Mary, Robert, Richard, Michael, Barbara, John



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 (161680) emigrated from Suffolk, England, to VA about 1650 and was one of the founders of Millenbeck on the Rappahannock.


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