Bail Family History
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Bail Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, Middle English baile, from Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’ (see Bailey 2). Spanish: variant of Baile. Indian (Karnataka): Hindu (Brahman) name, probably a topographic name from Tulu bail ‘low-lying land’ (Dravidian vayal ‘plain’, ‘field’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Bain, Ball, Baile, Cail, Bahl, Cain, Bal, Hall, Nail, Bai