from the genitive case
of Middle English bail(e) ‘bailey’, ‘outer wall of a castle’,
hence a topographic name for someone who lived beside a castle.
Compare Bail and Bailey.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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