Given name & surname

Ballentine

Ballentine is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ballentine comes from Scottish Gaelic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ballentine’s family of names

In English usage, Ballentine as a surname has a related form in BALLANTYNE.

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Gaelic

Ballantine

Ballantine is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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Badenoch

Badenoch is a surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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Gaelic

Balmain

“village, town”

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Gaelic

Bannock

“oat bread that is unleavened”

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Allistaire

Allistaire is a masculine given name from Scottish Gaelic.

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Barra

“a fair-haired man”

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56% boys · 44% girls

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Beagan

“a petite woman” · “the small one”

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40% boys · 60% girls

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Bowie

“a blonde-haired man”

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62% boys · 38% girls

Sibling ideas

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