Given name & surname
Bayless
“one who leases a bay”
Bayless is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one who leases a bay.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who leases a bay.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bayless through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,889 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bayless’s family of names
Bayless has a related form in Bayles. Bayless has a related form in Baylles. Bayless has a related form in Baylless.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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