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.
