Baily
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning bailiff, steward; a form of Bailey.
Baily by the numbers
Baily was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 94 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Bailey
Like Baily, each of these traces back to Bailey: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Bayleebailiff or steward; modern respelling of Bailey585 in the US (2017)
- Baileebailiff, officer of law; a form of Bailey518 in the US (2017)
- Bayleighbailiff; a modern spelling variant of Bailey193 in the US (2017)
- Baileighbailiff; variant spelling of Bailey86 in the US (2017)
- Braileyhillside clearing; a variant of Brayley or Bailey44 in the US (2017)
- BaylaGod is my oath; a form of Bella or Bailey41 in the US (2017)
- Baileibailiff; a form of Bailey20 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Baily. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Baily
Names that are said the same way as Baily, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Baily, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Baily
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