About Bailie
The surname Bailie is of Scottish origin and is derived from the Middle English word "bail(l)y," which means "bailiff" or "steward." It was an occupational name given to someone who held the position of a bailiff, a person responsible for maintaining law and order in a particular area or overseeing the estate of a lord. The surname Bailie signifies a person who held this important administrative role in medieval Scotland.
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Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Bailie based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Bailie in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
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