Bailey

== English == === Etymology === (English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeɪli/ Rhymes: -eɪli === Proper noun === Bailey (countable and uncountable, plural Baileys) (countable) A surname. An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official. An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle). An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”). (countable) A unisex given name A male given name transferred from the surname. (chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname. A placename A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin), located in the Atlantic. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado. An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota. An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey. A town in Nash County, North Carolina. A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma. A minor city in Fannin County, Texas. ==== Alternative forms ==== (surname): Bailie, Baily, Bayly, Bayley (female given name): Bailee, Baylee ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Bailey (plural Baileys) An apple cultivar from New York