Bailey

See also: bailey

English

Etymology

See bailey (“outer castle wall”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪli/

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• Rhymes: -eɪli

Proper noun

Bailey

1. An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.
2. An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
3. An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. (chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.
6. A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin).
7. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
   2. An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
   3. An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
   4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey.
   5. A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
   6. A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Bailie, Baily, Bayly, Bayley
• (female given name): Bailee, Baylee

Derived terms

• Baileyan
• Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula
• Bailey bridge
• Bailey County
• Old Bailey

Translations

family or given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 贝利, 貝利／贝利 (bèilì)

• Hebrew: ביילי (béili)

Noun

Bailey (plural Baileys)

1. An apple cultivar from New York