Given name & surname · also Dutch

Balle

“bold”

Balle is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Catalan.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Balle goes back to a word meaning “bold.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Balle comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Catalan.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Balle as a surname developed from BATLLE.

Balle’s family of names

In English usage, Balle as a surname developed from the Catalan form BATLLE. In Greek usage, Balle as a surname is a transliteration of Μπαλλέ.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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Catalan

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German

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Catalan

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Catalan

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Catalan

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Dutch

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