Ballis
Top
Frequency: (128)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: Alemannic variant of Ballas or Balles.
2. Greek: variant of Balis.
3. Greek: nickname from Turkish balli ‘honeyed’, from bal ‘honey’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
Read more
Mentioned in
Balli
(family name)
I Alithia Ine Pikri
(1974 Drama Film)
Season 01: M*A*S*H (TV Episode)
(1972 Comedy Drama TV Episode)
» More