BALL


English:


1. Nickname for a short, fat person, from ME bal(le) ball (ON böllr). In some cases it may have referred to a bald man, from the same word used in the sense of a (round) hairless patch on the skull; mod. Eng. bald is from ME ballede, from bal(le) + -ede, i.e., 'having a ball(le)`.
2. Topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same ME word, bal(le), used in this sense.
3. From the On personal name Balle, apparently derived from bal torture, pain (see also Bal 2). (1)

  • Vars. (of 1): Balle; Bald (Scots). (of 2.): Baller.
  • Cogn. (of 3): Dan.: Balle.
  • Pej. (of 1): Eng.: Ballard (a nickname).
  • Patrs. (from 3): Eng. Balls. Dan.: Balling.

    Researching: - Richard Gordon Ball  -   b.1954 Sydney/NSW
     
     

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