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Bayliss “bailiff, officer in a court of law”
Bayliss is a surname from Old French.
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Leans boys
66.7% boysBased on U.S. population records 33.3% girls
People named Bayliss in the U.S. Rare About 30 to 300 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin What it means Bayliss goes back to Old French bailis, meaning “bailiff, officer in a court of law.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
Bayliss’s family of names In English usage, Bayliss as a surname has a related form in BAILES. In English usage, Bayliss as a surname has a related form in Bayless. In English usage, Bayliss as a surname has a related form in BAYLIES.
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Bayliss Bayless Baylis Baylies Bailes The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Nicknames & forms 4 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1 Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.