Bailey

• English:/ˈbeɪli/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Bailey, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Casey
• Avery
• Aubrey
• Addison
• Ainsley

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Bailey is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Brazil, United Kingdom

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Bäîlëy

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

86 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Bailey is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, (1) from OFr bailli/baillis ‘bailiff’; first attested Roger le baylly 1230 P (Sf). (2) from ME bayle ‘bailey’; first attested John ate Baylie 1317 AssK. (3) from Bailey, Lancashire; first attested Ralph de Baylegh 1246 AssLa

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, The outer wall of a feudal castle.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Old French; administrative official

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Frederick Douglassb. 1817USnot in their usual nameAfrican-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)
• Laura Baileyb. 1981USAmerican voice actress
• Jonathan Baileyb. 1988GBEnglish actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

80 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 40 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Bailey mean, and where does it come from?

steward or similar household official; also someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle; or a person from Bailey, Lancashire Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

Which countries have the most people with the surname Bailey?

In the United States, the national register counted about 278 thousand people named Bailey, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bailey. After it come United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and South Africa; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Bailey most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bailey is densest in St. Vincent & Grenadines — about 1 in 227 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Bailey?

In the United States, the national register counted 277,845 people named Bailey in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.

How common is Bailey compared with other names?

In the United States, Bailey is the 64th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.

What are other forms of the name Bailey?

In the etymology graph, Bayley is a form of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Bailey?

In English /ˈbeɪli/ (Wiktionary).