Gender:
Origin:
English,
French
807 famous people named Bailey found on Wikipedia.
98956 female, 20835 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
133-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
60-th in year 1998
Used in: English
Bailey is a given name taken from an English surname meaning "bailiff".
The name Bailey is used for both boys and girls in the United States. Bailey was the 665th most popular name for American boys born in 2007 and the 83rd most popular name for American girls. It was most popular for boys in the late 1990s, when it ranked among the top 200 names. Bailey was the 70th most popular name for boys born in England and Wales and Ireland in 2007 and was the 91st most popular name for boys born in Scotland in 2006.
Early 14c., baylle, "wall enclosing an outer court" of a castle, etc. (c. 1200 in Anglo-Latin), a variant of bail, from Old French bail "stake, palisade, brace," which is of unknown origin, perhaps ultimately connected to Latin bacula "sticks," on notion of "stakes, palisade fence." The word was later extended to mean the outer court itself. Hence Old Bailey, seat of Central Criminal Court in London, so called because it stood within the ancient bailey of the city wall. The surname Bailey usually is from Old French bailli, a later form of baillif (see bailiff).
In English the meaning of the name Bailey is: Steward or public official; man in charge. Derived from the Old French baili (administrator, manager), from bailif (an officer of justice, a warrant officer).
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | F. Lee Bailey | 1933 | American lawyer |
2 | Miranda Bailey | Fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy | |
3 | Bailey Jay | 1988 | American transgender pornographic actress |
4 | Eion Bailey | 1976 | American actor |
5 | Philip Bailey | 1951 | American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor |
6 | Bailey Chase | 1972 | Actor |
7 | Donovan Bailey | 1967 | Canadian athlete, Olympic medalist |
8 | Sam Bailey | 1977 | British musician |
9 | Champ Bailey | 1978 | American football player, defensive back, cornerback |
10 | Pearl Bailey | 1918 | American singer |
11 | Cynthia Bailey | 1968 | |
12 | Dan Bailey | 1988 | American football player |
13 | G. W. Bailey | 1944 | Actor |
14 | Jonathan Bailey | 1988 | British actor |
15 | Raymond Bailey | 1904 | Actor |
16 | Christopher Bailey | 1971 | British fashion designer |
17 | Leon Bailey | 1997 | Jamaican association football player |
18 | Ben Bailey | 1970 | Comedian, television personality and game show host |
19 | Stedman Bailey | 1990 | American football player, wide receiver |
20 | Helen Bailey | 1965 | |
21 | Bailey De Young | 2000 | Actress |
22 | Madilyn Bailey | 1992 | American singer |
23 | Alice Bailey | 1880 | Esoteric, theosophist, writer |
24 | Rhea Bailey | 1983 | British actress |
25 | Candace Bailey | 1982 | American actress and television personality |
26 | Tom Bailey | 1954 | British singer-songwriter |
27 | Thurl Bailey | 1961 | American basketball player |
28 | Billy Bailey | 1947 | Convicted killer |
29 | Victor Bailey | 1960 | American musician |
30 | Damon Bailey | 1971 | American basketball player-coach |
31 | Bailey May | 2002 | |
32 | Will Bailey | Character in The West Wing | |
33 | Garnet Bailey | 1948 | Canadian ice hockey player |
34 | George Bailey | 1982 | Australian cricketer |
35 | Bunty Bailey | 1964 | British actor, model and dancer |
36 | Preston Bailey | 2000 | American actor |
37 | Nicky Bailey | 1984 | Footballer |
38 | Bailey Noble | 1990 | American actress |
39 | Homer Bailey | 1986 | Baseball player from the United States |
40 | Gary Bailey | 1958 | English footballer |
41 | Bailey Hanks | 1988 | American musical theatre actress |
42 | Bailey Wright | 1992 | Australian soccer player |
43 | Marion Bailey | 1959 | British actress |
44 | Chauncey Bailey | 1949 | American journalist |
45 | Dana linn bailey | 1983 | |
46 | Ace Bailey | 1903 | Canadian ice hockey player |
47 | Jake Bailey | 1978 | American make-up artist and photographer |
48 | Derek Bailey | 1930 | British guitarist |
49 | Jack Baker | 1947 | American actor |
50 | Bailey Pickett | ||
51 | Mildred Bailey | 1907 | American jazz singer |
52 | Daniel Bailey | 1986 | Antiguan sprint athlete |
53 | Imogen Bailey | 1977 | Australian model, actress, singer |
54 | James Anthony Bailey | 1847 | Circus proprietor |
55 | Scott Bailey | 1978 | American actor |
56 | Dawayne Bailey | 1954 | American musician |
57 | Dion Bailey | 1992 | American football player |
58 | Rasheed Bailey | 1993 | |
59 | DeFord Bailey | 1899 | American country musician |
60 | Bailey Quarters | ||
61 | Sean Bailey | American producer | |
62 | Boss Bailey | 1979 | American football player |
63 | Laura Bailey | 1972 | English model |
64 | Jim Bailey | 1949 | American actor |
65 | Alvin Bailey | 1991 | American football offensive lineman |
66 | Tim Bailey | 1953 | Australian journalist |
67 | Randall Bailey | 1974 | American boxer |
68 | J. Michael Bailey | 1957 | American psychologist |
69 | Allen Bailey | 1989 | American football defensive lineman |
70 | Justin Bailey | 1995 | Canadian ice hockey forward |
71 | Liam Bailey | 1983 | British singer |
72 | Toby Bailey | 1975 | Basketball player |
73 | Kelly Bailey | Composer, musician, game designer, conceptual artist, and programmer | |
74 | Gillian Bailey | 1955 | British actress |
75 | J. C. Bailey | 1983 | Professional wrestler |
76 | Steve Bailey | 1960 | American musician |
77 | Bailey Howell | 1937 | American basketball player |
78 | Andrew Bailey | 1959 | Chief Cashier of the Bank of England |
79 | Steven W. Bailey | 1971 | American actor |
80 | Harvey Bailey | 1887 | American bank robber |
81 | Josh Bailey | 1989 | Canadian ice hockey player |
82 | Bailey Michelle Brown | 2006 | Actress |
83 | Jack Bailey | 1907 | American actor and daytime game show |
84 | Ronald Bailey | 1953 | United States writer, television producer and editor |
85 | Harry Bailey | 1922 | Australian psychiatrist |
86 | Bailey Turner | ||
87 | Glenda Bailey | 1958 | British magazine editor |
88 | Jenny Bailey | 1962 | Cambridge mayor |
89 | Mario Bailey | 1970 | All-American college football player, professional football player, wide receiver, coach |
90 | Liberty Hyde Bailey | 1858 | U.S. botanist |
91 | David Bailey | 1961 | American motorcycle racer |
92 | Trevor Bailey | 1923 | England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster |
93 | Jerry D. Bailey | 1957 | American jockey |
94 | Zuill Bailey | 1972 | American musician |
95 | Bailey Spry | 1993 | |
96 | Shaun Bailey | 1971 | Youth worker and commentator; Special Adviser to the Prime Minister |
97 | Beth Bailey | Fictional character from the BBC espionage television series Spooks | |
98 | D'Army Bailey | 1941 | American judge and actor |
99 | Casey Bailey | 1991 | |
100 | Ryan Bailey | 1983 | British rugby league player |
101 | Dean Bailey | 1967 | Australian rules footballer and coach |
102 | Anthony Bailey | 1970 | British interfaith campaigner and public relations executive |
103 | Razzy Bailey | 1939 | American country music artist |
104 | John Moran Bailey | 1904 | American politician |
105 | Nicholas Bailey | 1971 | British actor |
106 | David Alan Bailey | 1952 | Actor, born 1952 |
107 | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | 1996 | |
108 | Carlton Bailey | 1964 | American football player |
109 | Susan Bailey | 1950 | |
110 | Lowell Bailey | 1981 | US biathlete |
111 | Leonard C. Bailey | ||
112 | Robert Bailey | 1968 | American football player |
113 | Bailey Walsh | 1905 | American politician |
114 | Benjamin Bailey | 1791 | Translator of the Bible into Malayalam |
115 | Leonard L. Bailey | 1942 | American surgeon |
116 | Melissa Murray Bailey | ||
117 | Amy Bailey | 1895 | |
118 | Covert Bailey | American author and television personality | |
119 | Bailey Ryon | 2002 | American actor |
120 | Mark Bailey | 1960 | British academic, former rugby union player from England |
121 | William J. A. Bailey | 1884 | American quack |
122 | Sherwood Bailey | 1923 | Film actor |
123 | Adrian Bailey | 1945 | British politician |
124 | Rachel Bailey | Fictional character in the English television series Scott & Bailey | |
125 | Thomas A. Bailey | 1902 | American historian |
126 | Philip James Bailey | 1816 | British writer and poet |
127 | Bailey White | 1950 | American writer |
128 | Jules Bailey | 1979 | American politician |
129 | Bailey Tzuke | 1987 | British singer |
130 | Johnny Bailey | 1967 | American football player |
131 | Anne Bailey | 1742 | American storyteller |
132 | Patrick Bailey | 1985 | American football player |
133 | Dona Bailey | Video game programmer | |
134 | Brennan Bailey | 1997 | American actor |
135 | Marian Breland Bailey | 1915 | American psychologist |
136 | Aleen Bailey | 1980 | Athletics competitor |
137 | David H. Bailey | 1948 | American musician |
138 | Joseph Weldon Bailey | 1862 | American politician |
139 | Aaron Bailey | 1971 | American football player |
140 | Cameron Bailey | Canadian film critic and film festival programmer | |
141 | Benny Bailey | 1925 | American musician |
142 | F. G. Bailey | 1924 | British anthropologist |
143 | Shamar Bailey | 1982 | American martial artist |
144 | Brent Bailey | 1983 | American film and television actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
145 | Bailey Junior Kurariki | 1989 | New Zealand murderer |
146 | Adam Leitman Bailey | 1970 | Attorney |
147 | Ed Bailey | 1931 | American baseball player |
148 | Bill Bailey | 1938 | American actor |
149 | James Bailey | 1957 | American basketball player |
150 | Mike Bailey | 1942 | English footballer and manager |
151 | Joseph Bailey | 1825 | Union Army general |
152 | Lorna Bailey | 1978 | British designer |
153 | Harold Walter Bailey | 1899 | Eminent English scholar of Khotanese, Sanskrit, and the comparative study of Iranian languages |
154 | Abe Bailey | 1864 | South African cricketer |
155 | Bob Bailey | 1942 | American baseball player |
156 | Josiah Bailey | 1873 | American politician |
157 | Guy Bailey | 1950 | American sociolinguist |
158 | Bailey McConnell | ||
159 | Danny Bailey | 1964 | English footballer |
160 | Gamaliel Bailey | 1807 | Journalist and abolitionist |
161 | Nat Bailey | 1902 | American businessman |
162 | Brett Bailey | 1967 | South African artist |
163 | Luke Bailey | 1980 | Australian rugby league player |
164 | Kenneth E. Bailey | 1930 | American author, teacher and linguist |
165 | Admiral Bailey | Jamican musician | |
166 | A. Peter Bailey | 1938 | |
167 | Thomas H. Bailey | American billionaire | |
168 | Dave Bailey | 1926 | American drummer |
169 | Hilary Bailey | 1936 | British writer and editor |
170 | Lucy Bailey | British theatre director | |
171 | Rodney Bailey | 1979 | Player of American Football |
172 | Buster Bailey | 1902 | American musician |
173 | Bailey Mes | 1989 | New Zealand netball player |
174 | Rob Bailey | 1963 | Former American football cornerback |
175 | Nathan Bailey | 1601 | British lexicographer and philologist |
176 | Judy Bailey | 1968 | British musician and composer |
177 | Bailey Willis | 1857 | American geologist |
178 | Chris Bailey | 1968 | British tennis player |
179 | Sheryl Bailey | 1966 | American musician |
180 | Moya Bailey | ||
181 | Ewan Bailey | 1966 | British actor, voice artist and writer |
182 | Donald Bailey | 1934 | American drummer |
183 | Marcellus Bailey | 1840 | Union Army officer |
184 | Rosemary A. Bailey | 1947 | British statistician and algebraist, known for her work in the design of experiments as a spokesperson for mathematical statistics |
185 | Buddy Bailey | 1957 | American baseball player and coach |
186 | Simon T. Bailey | 1968 | CEO |
187 | Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey | 1863 | American ornithologist |
188 | Leonard Bailey | 1825 | American inventor |
189 | Frederick Marshman Bailey | 1882 | Intelligence officer |
190 | David M. Bailey | 1966 | American musician |
191 | Hachaliah Bailey | 1775 | Circus proprietor |
192 | Max Bailey | 1986 | Australian rules footballer |
193 | Jay Bailey | 1944 | American chemical engineer |
194 | Temepara George | 1975 | New Zealand netball player |
195 | Phil Bailey | 1980 | Australian rugby league player |
196 | Donald A. Bailey | 1945 | American politician |
197 | Devon Bailey | 1991 | Canadian football player |
198 | Joh Bailey | Australian hair stylist | |
199 | McDonald Bailey | 1920 | British sprinter of Trinidad and Tobago descent |
200 | Clayton Bailey | 1939 | Artist |