Balliet
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Frequency: (668)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Perhaps an altered spelling of French Baillet, a nickname for someone with light-brown or reddish-brown hair, from a derivative of bai ‘bay (horse)’, from Latin badius. Compare Baig, Baio.
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