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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Bailie

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : status name for one of the senior members of a city council, or (earlier) the chief magistrate in a barony, Older Scots baili. Etymologically, this is the same word as Bailey, but the functions as well as the spelling of the two officials were different in England and Scotland.

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