Bailey

Gender
Unisex (Masculine & Feminine | Boys and Girls)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Bailiff, Steward
Popularity
Currently, Bailey ranks as the 425th most popular baby name for boys in the United States and the 629th most popular name for girls. In England and Wales, it is more commonly used as a boys' name, ranking at 130 in 2019.

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Bailey Name meanings & History

Bailiff, Steward. Bailey is most commonly used as a first name for both boys and girls in English-speaking countries.

Zodiac Sign of Bailey: Beauty Taurus,Brains Libra

Synonyms of Bailey:

B: Beauty,Bashful,Brains,Bountiful

A: Angry,Action,Ambitious,Aggressive,Assertive,Argumentative

I: Involved,Intimate,Indulgence

L: Languid,Legal,Lover,Luscious,Lovely,Liaison,Lazy

E: Expressive,Enlighten,Exaggerate,Environment,Entertain,Enliven

Y: Youth-giving,Yen/money,Yin/Yang

Bailey is:

  • a Comedic name
  • a Common name
  • a Informal name
  • a Modern name
  • a Natural name
  • a Simple name
  • a Wholesome name
  • a Youthful name

Famous People

Famous people with the name Bailey include Bailey Chase (American actor), Bailey Wright (Australian footballer), Bailey May (British-Filipino singer), and Bailey Brown (American YouTube personality).

2.) Bailey (Unisex)

Usage: English

Meanings: Bailiff

Other Forms: Bailee, Baileigh, Bailie, Baylee, Bayleigh, Bayley, Baylie


3.) Bailey (Male)

Usage: French

Meanings: (French) bailiff, steward.

Other Forms: Bailea, Bailee, Baileigh, Baili, Bailie, Bailio, Baillea, Baillee, Bailleigh, Bailley, Bailli, Baillie, Bailly, Baily, Bailye, Baley


4.) BAILEY (Male)

Usage: French

Meanings: Derived from the Old French baili (administrator, manager), which is derived from bailif (an officer of justice, a warrant officer). (BAY-LEE)


5.) Bailey (Female)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) bailiff.

Other Forms: Baelee, Baeleigh, Baeley, Baeli, Bali, Balley


6.) Bailey (Male)

Usage: French

Meanings: (French) attentive

Other Forms: Baile, Baily, Baley, Baylie


7.) Bailey (Female)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) bailiff

Other Forms: Bailee, Baylee, Baylie


8.) BAILEY (Female)

Usage: American

Meanings: Transferred use of the English surname, which originated from various sources. See BAILEY (English Male Names). Var: Bailee, Bailie, Baily. (BAY-LEE)


9.) BAILEY (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: Transferred use of the surname, which originated from various sources. It is from the Old French baili (administrator, manager), which is derived from bailif (an officer of justice, a warrant officer). It is also derived from the Middle English bayle, baile (the wall of the outer court of a feudal castle), which was indicative of one who worked at or near such a place. Alternatively, the name Bailey has been borrowed from a place-name in Lancashire which is from the Old English elements beg (berry) and leah (wood, clearing, meadow). (BAY-LEE)


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