English Explanatory Dictionary

Balle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Balle Balles

Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Balle, a reduced form of any of various Germanic names beginning with the element *balþaz (“bold”). * Borrowed from Danish Balle, a habitational surname from balle (“slope; hill”). * A respelling of Catalan Batlle, an occupational surname from batlle (“mayor”).

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