(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)
Meanings
(countable) A surname.
“I did not initiate, welcome, encourage, engage in, or learn from much less enjoy, [Adam] Bailey’s tirade. I did not base any part of any of my rulings on it, as Bailey has outlandishly, mistakenly, and defamatorily claimed,” Engoron wrote. 2024 July 25, Kara Scannell, “Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he was ‘accosted’ by lawyer and won’t recuse himself from case”, in CNN:
(countable, uncountable) A surname. ▸ An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.
(countable, uncountable) A surname. ▸ An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
(countable, uncountable) A surname. ▸ An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).
(countable, uncountable) A unisex given name ▸ A male given name transferred from the surname.
(US, countable, uncountable) A unisex given name ▸ A female given name transferred from the surname.
(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin), located in the Atlantic.
(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey.
(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Nash County, North Carolina.
(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
(countable, uncountable) A placename ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.