What is the name meaning of BAI. Phrases containing BAI
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BAI
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Scottish and northern English
Scottish and northern English : nickname meaning ‘bones’. Compare Bain 2.Scottish : reduced form of McBane, with English patronymic -s.English, of Welsh origin : Anglicized form of Welsh ab Einws ‘son of Einws’, a pet form of the personal name Einon (see Eynon).English : from a derivative of Bain.
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English
English : habitational name from Bainbridge in North Yorkshire, named for the Bain river on which it stands (which is named with Old Norse beinn ‘straight’) + Old English brycg ‘bridge’.A family of this name was very prominent in Princeton, NJ, from the mid 17th century.
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English and French
English and French : variant spelling of Bain.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Bailey, BAILIE means "bailiff."Â
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Scottish
Scottish : nickname for a fair-haired person, from Gaelic bà n ‘white’, ‘fair’. This is a common name in the Highlands, first recorded in Perth in 1324.Northern English : nickname meaning ‘bone’, probably bestowed on an exceptionally tall, lean man, from Old English bÄn ‘bone’. In northern Middle English -Ä- was preserved, whereas in southern dialects (which later became standard), it was changed to -Å-.Northern English : nickname for a hospitable person, from northern Middle English beyn, bayn ‘welcoming’, ‘friendly’ (Old Norse beinn ‘straight’, ‘direct’).English and French : metonymic occupational name for an attendant at a public bath house, from Middle English, Old French baine ‘bath’.French : topographic name for someone who lived by a Roman bath, from Old French baine ‘bath’ or a habitational name from a place in Ille-et-Vilaine, named with this word.Possibly an altered spelling of North German Behn.George Luke Scobie Bain (1836–91) was born in Stirling, Scotland. He ran away to sea and successively lived and worked in Portland, ME, Chicago, and St. Louis, where he was a miller and flour merchant and a very prominent citizen.
Female
Yiddish
(בֵּיילֶע) Yiddish form of Hebrew Bilhah, BAILE means "weak, troubled, old."
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English
English : variant spelling of Bailey.
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Bartholomaeus, BAIRTLIMÉAD means "son of Talmai."Â
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English
English : variant spelling of Bailes.
Female
Irish
Pet form of Irish Báirbre, BAIBIN means "foreign; strange."
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, BAILEY means "bailiff."Â
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English
English : occupational name for an officer of a court of justice, from the English vocabulary word bailiff, which is from the objective case of Old French bailis (see Bayliss).
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English
English : variant of Bayliss.English : from the genitive case of Middle English bail(e) ‘bailey’, ‘outer wall of a castle’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived beside a castle. Compare Bail and Bailey.
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English
English : variant of Bail.Spanish : status name for a steward or official, from Old Spanish baile, Late Latin baiulivus; cognate with English Bailey.
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English
English : status name for a steward or official, Middle English bail(l)i (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant’, ‘carrier’ ‘porter’).English : topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, Middle English bail(l)y, baile ‘outer courtyard of a castle’, from Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’, a word of unknown origin. This term became a place name in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.English : habitational name from Bailey in Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.English : Anglicized form of French Bailly.English : The surname Bailey was established early on in North America by several different bearers; one of them, James Bailey, was one of the founders of Rowley, MA.
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Bailey, BAILEE means "bailiff."Â
Male
Irish
Old form of Irish Gaelic Barra, BAIRRE means "fair-headed."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Bailey, BAILY means "bailiff."
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English
English : unexplained; possibly from the legal term bailor ‘one who delivers goods’.
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South German
South German : probably an occupational name for a gauger or sealer of barrels, from an agent derivative of Middle High German beil ‘barrel inspection’. See also Beiler.Altered spelling of Böhler (see Boehler).English : variant spelling of Bailor.
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v. t.
To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.
n.
See Bailor.
n.
Same as Bailie.
a.
That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.
n.
See Bailiwick.
n.
The action of bailing a person accused.
v. t.
To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
v. t.
To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
n.
Bailiff.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bait
imp. & p. p.
of Bait
n.
A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.
n.
One who bails or lades.
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A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
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A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.
a.
Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.
n.
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
n.
One who baits; a tormentor.
a.
Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.