Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
BALLA
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Origin | of Hungarian origin |
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Type | Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
Description |
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The name is derived from the medieval Hungarian name Balla (hypocoristic form of a given name beginning with Bal- or Bar-, e.g. Balázs ‘Blaise’, Barlabás ~ Barnabás ‘Barnabas’) and refers to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. Variants: Balya, Bara, Bolla. |