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bald Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch and German: from the Germanic personal name Baldo, or a short form of the various compound names such as Baldwin, formed with the first element bald ‘bold’, ‘strong’.
  2. Scottish: nickname for a bald man, from Middle English balled ‘rounded like a ball’, from bal(le) ‘ball’ (Old English ball or Old Norse b{o,}llr).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bald name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bald family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bald Families in the US in 1920
Number of bald families
 14-26
 5-13		 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 15 - Messages: 48
ThreadAuthorReplies
family history Karolyn Bald 17
Are there any BALD's left in Scotland? Marge Brown 12
Bald and Moddie Gai 0
Lois M. Bald Obit 05 Pa./late Rev. Dr. John M. Bald sihrman 0
William Bald - 81st Pa. TDombroski 0
John BALD, Buffalo, IA, 1819 - 1880 BElfert2346 9
BALD, Regina- Klien Umstadt, Hesse dandrschmidt 0
1911: Henry D. Genga m. Marie Bald JLBURKET 0
Some Bald Families, most from St. Clair Co. Ill Paula 5
Lewis Bald stat4 0
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