The bayliss Surname
bayliss Name Meaning and History
English: occupational name for an officer of a court of justice,
whose duties included serving writs, distraining goods, and (formerly)
arresting people. In England formerly it was also a status name for
the chief officer of a hundred (administrative subdivision of a
county). The derivation is from Middle English, Old French
bailis, from Late Latin baiulivus (adjective),
‘pertaining to an attendant or porter’ (see Bailey).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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