Given name & surname
Balys
“great glory”
Balys is a masculine given name. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Balys is a diminutive of Boleslovas. Boleslovas means “great glory.”
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Where it comes from
Balys is a diminutive of Boleslovas. Boleslovas comes from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Balys is a diminutive of BOLESLOVAS.
Balys’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Balys has a diminutive in Baliutis. In Lithuanian usage, Balys is a shortened form of BOLESLOVAS. In Lithuanian usage, Balys is a diminutive of BOLESLOVAS.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Balys
- Balys SruogaLithuanian writer (1896–1947)
- Balys DvarionasLithuanian musician (1904-1972)
- Balys GajauskasLithuanian politician (1926-2017)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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