Bailes Family History
Bailes Name Meaning
English (Durham): variant of Bales or Bayliss . English: variant of Bale 1 from the genitive case of Middle English bail(e) ‘bailey outer wall of a castle’ hence a topographic name for someone who lived beside a castle. Compare Bail and Bailey . Spanish: plural form of Baile .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022